Bundesliga 2024-25: Dortmund loses 4-2 at Kiel despite late comeback
Bundesliga 2024-25: Dortmund loses 4-2 at Kiel despite late comeback
Struggling Holstein Kiel scored three times in a dominant first half but had to survive a late comeback from Borussia Dortmund before beating the visitors 4-2 on Tuesday, a second straight Bundesliga loss for the Ruhr Valley club.
The result saw Dortmund, which had also lost 3-2 to Bayer Leverkusen on Friday, drop to eighth in the standings while piling more pressure on already-embattled coach Nuri Sahin.
Dortmund, which next faces third-placed Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday in the league, travels to Bologna next week in the Champions League.
The hosts struck twice in five minutes to stun Dortmund, with Shuto Machino firing them into the lead in the 27th minute before Phil Harres headed in from close range for his fifth goal in the last three league games.
Dortmund, which had a dozen players and staff hit by a flu virus in the past days, with some being ruled fit to play on Tuesday, was sluggish in the first half despite having far more possession.
But it had little to offer in terms of attack after an early chance.
It got even worse for Dortmund with 22-year-old Harres, who has netted seven times in the league this season, delivering a perfectly chipped pass for Alexander Bernhardsson to drill in Kiel’s third goal deep in first-half stoppage time.
Dortmund left its comeback until late, with Gio Reyna cutting the deficit in the 71st minute with a shot from the edge of the box, and Jamie Gittens curled in a superb effort to make it 3-2 in the 78th to give his team some hope.
Kiel went down to 10 men after substitute Lewis Holtby was sent off for a bad challenge.
Dortmund poured forward, including keeper Gregor Kobel, in search of an equaliser in stoppage time, but it was Kiel who struck again.
Fiete Arp scored into an empty goal from 45 metres out with the last kick of the game, sealing its first-ever win over Dortmund.
Kiel, which has won two of its last three matches, is in 17th place.
