Borussia Dortmund vs Manchester City
Match pulse
DORAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOR | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MNC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Who won: Dortmund 1-0
Borussia Dortmund beat Manchester City 1-0 on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. Goals for Dortmund: Julian Schieber (57').
Play by play
- 45'
HALF TIME: Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Man City
- 45'
Both sides look eager for the break. City look in need of fresh instruction and a reshuffle.
- 44'
A Nasri corner is long, and is headed tamely wide by Dzeko.
- 42'
Dortmund break three versus three but Perisic plays the ball too heavily towards Reus and the danger subsides.
- 40'
The teams are at stalemate with five minutes remaining of the first half. While Dortmund won't mind the situation Mancini will be desperate to remedy it at the break.
- 37'
Reus' powerful shot from the edge of the box is turned round the post by the diving frame of Hart.
- 36'
For spells the home side leave City chasing shadows and getting nowhere near the ball. It is only Schmelzer's misplaced pass to Reus which looks to avert the danger.
- 34'
Sinclair's cross from the right is headed away by an alert Dortmund backline.
- 33'
Dzeko's dipping strike from outside the box forces Weidenfeller to parry round the post - it looked to be going in. Finally some action!
- 32'
Reus breaks dangerously into the City penalty area but a defender nips in and passes the ball back to Hart who puts his boot through it.
- 29'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Javi Garcia goes into the book for a barge on Perisic who was breaking down the left wing.
- 28'
While we are struggling for goals at the Westfalenstadion, it is now 2-0 to Real Madrid at the Bernabeu and Ajax are in trouble.
- 27'
Dortmund creat a chance from a cross and it falls to stand in striker Schieber but he can't get any power on his header and Hart scrambles his body to the ball.
- 23'
Finally Nasri produces some class - he feeds Nasri down the left allowing the striker to square along the goal line, but Schmelzer beats Tevez to the ball and clears the danger.
- 21'
Dortmund's passing game is going strong - about 20 and counting - and eventually they force a throw next to the byline before being flagged for offside.
- 21'
Dortmund have looked comfortable in possession, and fully capable of keeping City at bay so far - but the hosts' attacking threat isn't posing any danger either.
- 19'
Nasri has been poor for City - his passes sloppy and wasteful, his demeanour of a player distracted.
- 18'
Dortmund's backline is easily handling City's threat - when City are not running into offside positions!
- 18'
Nasri optimistically plays through Tevez but the ball is too heavy and Schmelzer easily cuts out the danger.
- 16'
City are knocking the ball around the pitch in search of space to attack, Sinclair is found on the left wing but immediately flanked by two defenders and tackled.
- 14'
Good news for City is that Real Madrid lead through Ronaldo against Ajax. City still need to pull their own win off though.
- 13'
Joe Hart becomes the first goalkeeper to see some action when a tame Dortmund shot from the edge of the box is gathered up with ease.
- 12'
A defensive mistake allows City possession in the Dortmund half but Tevez is offside when the ball comes to him. Sloppy from Dortmund, sloppy from Tevez.
- 10'
Dzeko is played through by Nasri in what looks like the first chance but the Bosnian striker is flagged offside.
- 8'
No proper chances created by either side so far, both goalkeepers are marginal figures as the teams jostle for supremacy around the park.
Leaders
DORMNC 
