Christian Pulisic rescues 10-man Borussia Dortmund again from first defeat

Christian Pulisic came to Borussia Dortmund’s rescue again as he scored his second goal in four days to salvage a 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga yesterday.

The American midfielder, who scored Dortmund’s late winner on his 20th birthday at Club Brugge in the Champions League on Tuesday, saved the side from its first defeat of the season when he nipped in ahead of a defender to turn Marco Reus’ cross past Hoffenheim’s Oliver Baumann with six minutes remaining.

Dortmund’s defeat seemed all but certain after French defender Abdou Diallo was sent off less than 10 minutes earlier.

Elsewhere, Hertha Berlin’s fine start to the season continued in a 4-2 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach.

BAYERN MOTORS ON

Bayern Munich produced another dominant display as it won at Schalke 2-0 to maintain its perfect start to the season and leave the home side considering its fourth defeat from four games.

James Rodriguez gave the visitors an early lead with a simple header from a poorly defended corner, and the Colombian star was involved again when Alessandro Schoepf brought him down for a penalty.

Robert Lewandowski duly converted for his third goal of the season.

HERTHA FLYING HIGH

Hertha Berlin's fine start to the season continued in beating Borussia Moenchengladbach 42. Vedad Ibisevic scored twice and Ondrej Duda sealed the win with his league-leading fourth goal. Hertha moved to the top before Bayern reclaimed the lead.

Elsewhere, Freiburg won at Wolfsburg 3-1, Nuremberg beat Hannover 2-0 for the promoted side's first win, and Werder Bremen won at Augsburg 3-2