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Post-Match Report

Facts: clinical wins

Three days ago, BVB picked up a 2-1 win in the Bundesliga in Leverkusen despite having six shots to their opponents' 16. But then Bayer 04 won 1-0 in the cup in Dortmund with six shots compared to 18 for BVB. Here are the match facts.

First home defeat in nine months: Borussia Dortmund lost a home game for the first time since March, when they were beaten by Augsburg in the Bundesliga.

Captain fantastic: Emre Can had a good game against the speedy Poku, winning around two-thirds of their duels until the Leverkusen left-winger was substituted.

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Caution: Waldemar Anton’s yellow card in the 68th minute was the result of only the second foul by Borussia Dortmund in the match.

Starting line-up debut: In his 12th competitive match for BVB, Fabio Silva, who three days earlier had set up Adeyemi’s goal to make it 2-0 in Leverkusen, started for the first time.

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