Niclas Füllkrug made his Borussia Dortmund debut on Friday however couldn’t stop the workforce squandering a two-goal lead as promoted Heidenheim fought again to attract 2-2 and declare its first level within the Bundesliga.
“Two-nil down after 14 minutes and then to take a point, Heidenheim in Dortmund, it’s mega,” visiting coach Frank Schmidt stated.
Dortmund followers whistled at their workforce at fulltime, pissed off after it did not make extra of its probabilities in an error-strewn efficiency. It’s Dortmund’s second consecutive draw after it opened with a lucky win over Cologne.
“It’s hard to explain,” Dortmund coach Edin Terzić stated. “We completely let the game out of our hands … in the end you have to say that we defeated ourselves.”
Germany striker Füllkrug, who joined from league rival Werder Bremen on Thursday, made his debut within the 78th minute when he went on for Sébastien Haller.
Haller had simply conceded a penalty for a foul on Jan-Niklas Beste, however Dortmund was relieved after a VAR verify dominated Beste was offside.
However, referee Tobias Reichel reviewed the choice once more some minutes later and determined Haller managed the ball, taking part in Beste onside earlier than he fouled him. Reichel booked Haller, who was on the substitute’s bench at this stage, and awarded Heidenheim the penalty, which was duly scored by Tim Kleindienst within the 83rd.
Julian Brandt bought Dortmund off to begin within the seventh when he turned and fired in off the underside of the crossbar, and Emre Can made it 2-0 with a penalty within the 14th.
But Dortmund did not make extra of its dominance and the guests deservedly pulled one again via Eren Dinkçi within the 61st after a mistake from Dortmund’s Marius Wolf. Dinkçi appeared up and let fly with a exact shot inside the precise put up.
Donyell Malen and Karim Adeyemi missed good probabilities earlier than Felix Nmecha struck the crossbar for Dortmund.
Heidenheim, promoted for the primary time final season, additionally had a objective dominated out for offside early within the second half.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com