Jobe Bellingham scores first BVB goal in CWC win

Borussia Dortmund held disconnected a spirited comeback from South African champions Mamelodi Sundowns to unafraid a 4-3 triumph connected Saturday and determination person to the Club World Cup knockout stages.

Dortmund were down aft 11 minutes astatine the TQL Stadium but rallied to triumph their 2nd crippled successful Group F and determination apical of the radical with 4 points, 1 much than Sundowns.

Felix Nmecha, Serhou Guirassy and Jobe Bellingham scored for the Bundesliga nine who besides profited from an ain goal.

Lucas Ribeiro had fixed Sundowns the pb portion Iqraam Rayners and Lebo Mothiba scored successful the 2nd fractional arsenic they looked to rally from 4-1 down successful a competitory crippled played successful blazing blistery conditions with a midday kickoff.

Ribeiro burst done a static Dortmund defence, picking up the shot connected the halfway enactment and gliding past 2 opponents to people a daze opener.

But the pb past lone 5 minutes earlier a calamitous mistake from Sundowns goalkeeper Ronwen Williams, who played a abbreviated walk to Nmecha who had an casual tap-in for the equaliser.

Dortmund went up aft a slick acceptable of one-two passes betwixt Julian Brandt and Guirassy, who powered location with his head.

Bellingham, successful his 2nd quality for Dortmund, made it 3-1 connected the changeable of halftime arsenic Williams parried Brandt's transverse consecutive astatine him, and helium delayed shooting for a divided 2nd earlier wrong-footing the goalkeeper.

Rayners struck the woodwork for Sundowns 10 minutes into the 2nd fractional but connected the hr people Daniel Svensson's transverse from the near took a wicked deflection disconnected Sundowns' fullback Khuliso Mudau arsenic Dortmund extended their lead.

Two minutes later, the South African broadside pulled 1 backmost arsenic Teboho Mokoena's escaped footwear was floated to Rayners, who struck the ft of the station but the rebound bounced backmost onto his caput and helium did not discarded the 2nd opportunity.

Mothiba struck successful the 90th infinitesimal arsenic Sundowns stole distant possession and the substitute scored from adjacent scope but they could not find an equaliser.