Borussia Dortmund have rediscovered their goalscoring form in the midst of a pivotal run of fixtures in all three competitions that continues when they play host to Benfica in the UEFA Champions League last-16 return leg on Wednesday evening. BVB have netted 12 times in their last three matches – a statistic that bodes well as they prepare for a clash with the Portuguese champions in which they need to score at least twice to progress.

There was satisfaction with the result and respect for the opposition in the Black and Yellow camp as they reflected on the clear but hard-fought victory over Bayer Leverkusen. Here we bring you the match reactions.

Towards the end every BVB attempt went in, hence the rather generous margin of victory over Bayer Leverkusen, who twice reduced a two-goal deficit but collapsed after Pulisic made it 4-2 for the hosts.

Despite labelling the opening stages as "sluggish", Thomas Tuchel was ultimately delighted with the deserved 6-2 victory over Bayer 04 Leverkusen. However, an injury to Marco Reus, who will miss the clash with Benfica on Wednesday evening, took the shine off the win.