Dortmund ease past Monaco

PACO ALCACER continued his excellent start to life at Borussia Dortmund as the Bundesliga side saw off Monaco 3-0 yesterday to claim a second straight Champions League win.

Halftime substitute Jacob-Bruun Larsen gave Dortmund the lead at Signal Iduna Park, less than six minutes into his Champions League debut.

On-loan Barcelona striker Alcacer secured the points in the 72nd minute shortly after missing a penalty, before Larsen teed up Marco Reus to score his sixth goal of the season late on.

“Overall, it was well deserved, the second half was much better than the first,” Dortmund coach Lucien Favre told German television.

“We were better at pressing and winning the ball, which gave us confidence.”

Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim indicated that he is already contemplating the consolation of a place in the Europa League for finishing third in Group A

“We’re going to play Club Brugge in our next two Champions League games. We need six points against them.

“The two matches are very important for us to, at the least, qualify for the Europa League.”

“We played well in the first half. We were dangerous and moved the ball well. Despite conceding the first goal, we kept trying to play but didn’t succeed in scoring.” – AFP/ Agencies