Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Champions League roundup: Borussia Dortmund and Legia Warsaw set record

• Marco Reus scores hat-trick in stunning 8-4 win for German side
• Karim Benzema scores late winner for Real Madrid at Sporting

Already-qualified Borussia Dortmund crushed Legia Warsaw 8-4 in Group F to set a record for the most goals scored in a Champions League match, helped by a Marco Reus hat-trick.

Rampant Dortmund netted five times in 15 minutes with Shinji Kagawa grabbing two goals while Reus, back after six months out injured, completed the scoring in stoppage time. They had gone behind early on to an Aleksandar Prijovic goal, but that sparked a remarkable rush of seven goals in 15 first-half minutes that gave the home side a 5-2 interval lead.

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