DORTMUND, Germany, Feb 19 – Norway teenager Erling Braut Haaland scored twice as Borussia Dortmund sealed a 2-1 win over Paris Saint-Germain, for whom Neymar scored on his return from injury, in Tuesday’s Champions League last 16, first-leg tie.

Forward Haaland took his tally to 11 goals in seven
games since Dortmund paid Salzburg 20 million euros ($22 million) for the
19-year-old with second-half goals either side of Neymar’s equaliser.

The Brazil star, who has been sidelined for the last
four weeks with a rib injury, gave PSG a life-line with an away goal for the
return leg in Paris on March 11 in their bid to reach the quarter-finals after
exiting the last 16 in the last three consecutive seasons.

After Haaland stabbed home at the near post to give
Dortmund a deserved lead mid-way through the second-half the world’s most
expensive player profited from Kylian Mbappe’s final pass and tapped home the
equaliser.

After the Neymar missed last season’s surprise
last-16 loss to Manchester United with a foot injury, this was exactly what
travelling Parisian fans at Signal Iduna Park had wanted to see.

However, PSG were level for just two minutes as
Dortmund’s 17-year-old midfield replacement Giovanni Reyna put a pass inside
which Haaland smashed into the top corner for the winner.

Dortmund deserved the win with PSG’s star-studded
attack, led by Mbappe and Neymar, repeatedly frustrated with Dortmund’s
defensive midfielders Axel Witsel and Emre Can on hand to snuff out attacks.

There was very little to separate the teams in the
first-half with a saved shot from Dortmund’s English winger Jadon Sancho the
only clear-cut chance of the opening 45 minutes.

Dortmund kept finding plenty of holes in midfield
with Witsel calling the shots.

His midfield partner Can, whose loan deal from
Juventus was made permanent earlier in the day when he signed a four-year
contract, had a penalty appeal waved away by referee Jose Montero after being
clattered in the area by Marco Verratti.

After the goalless first half, Dortmund poured
forward and kept finding spaces to exploit down the flanks.

Soon after Dortmund’s Swiss coach Lucien Favre threw
on Reyna, who turned 17 last November, for his Champions League debut, Haaland
got the breakthrough soon after when he stabbed home past PSG goalkeeper Keylor
Navas on 69 minutes.

With their German coach Thomas Tuchel frantically
urging them on, PSG were level six minutes later when Mbappe unpicked the
Dortmund defence and presented Neymar with a straight-forward finish.

However, the scene was set for Haaland to continue
his phenomenal scoring run with some clinical finishing from Reyna’s final pass
when he blasted home the winner to the delight of the home crowd.

DORTMUND, Germany, Feb 19 – Teenage sensation Erling Braut Haaland scored twice as Borussia Dortmund beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 at Signal Iduna Park in the Champions League last 16 first leg on Tuesday.

Norway’s Haaland, 19, scored either side of Neymar’s
equaliser for the visitors as the Brazil forward made his first appearance
since February 2 after recovering from a rib injury.

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