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| Borussia Dortmund leave domestic blues behind at expense of Anderlecht | Borussia Dortmund leave domestic blues behind at expense of Anderlecht |
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| The substitute Adrian Ramos scored twice as a weakened Borussia Dortmund beat Anderlecht 3-0 on Wednesday to stay top of Champions League Group D. | The substitute Adrian Ramos scored twice as a weakened Borussia Dortmund beat Anderlecht 3-0 on Wednesday to stay top of Champions League Group D. |
| Dortmund arrived in Brussels missing a number of players through injury, notably the Germany midfielder Marco Reus, and with a single point from their past three Bundesliga matches, but made a flying start. | Dortmund arrived in Brussels missing a number of players through injury, notably the Germany midfielder Marco Reus, and with a single point from their past three Bundesliga matches, but made a flying start. |
| Their opener came after three minutes, when Shinji Kagawa scooped the ball over the top of the home defence for Ciro Immobile to beat the advancing Silvio Proto in the home side’s goal. | Their opener came after three minutes, when Shinji Kagawa scooped the ball over the top of the home defence for Ciro Immobile to beat the advancing Silvio Proto in the home side’s goal. |
| Ramos stabbed in the second in the 69th minute, four minutes after coming on, after a superb cross from Lukasz Piszczek. Ramos made it 3-0 10 minutes later when he danced past helpless Anderlecht defenders to slam the ball just inside the far right post. | |
| Anderlecht did have chances, notably when the attacking midfielder Dennis Praet had the ball in the net in the ninth minute, only for Aleksandar Mitrovic, who fed the final pass, to be adjudged offside. Television replays showed he was in line with the last defender. Mitrovic also struck the Dortmund post in the second half. | Anderlecht did have chances, notably when the attacking midfielder Dennis Praet had the ball in the net in the ninth minute, only for Aleksandar Mitrovic, who fed the final pass, to be adjudged offside. Television replays showed he was in line with the last defender. Mitrovic also struck the Dortmund post in the second half. |
| The home side, however, struggled to make their possession count against a tight Dortmund defence, which had the midfield pair of Sebastian Kehl and Sven Bender just in front of them. | The home side, however, struggled to make their possession count against a tight Dortmund defence, which had the midfield pair of Sebastian Kehl and Sven Bender just in front of them. |
| Dortmund top group D on six points from two matches, ahead of Arsenal, 4-1 winners against Galatasaray, on three. | Dortmund top group D on six points from two matches, ahead of Arsenal, 4-1 winners against Galatasaray, on three. |
| The defeat took Anderlecht’s run without a victory in the Champions League to 10 matches, dating back to November 2012. | The defeat took Anderlecht’s run without a victory in the Champions League to 10 matches, dating back to November 2012. |