Manchester City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 6 April 2021

Result

Manchester City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund

Champions League · Tuesday 6 April 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester City 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: match report

Manchester City won against Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 6 April 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Kevin De Bruyne opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Kevin De Bruyne (19') and Phil Foden (90'). Borussia Dortmund scored through Marco Reus (84').

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Borussia Dortmund received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 22 points from 8 and Borussia Dortmund 6th on 17 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Borussia Dortmund in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City (8.4), ahead of Phil Foden (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Borussia Dortmund.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Kevin De BruyneManchester City · 1-0
  • 29'Yellow card · Emre CanBorussia Dortmund
  • 37'Yellow card · Jude BellinghamBorussia Dortmund
  • 84'Goal · Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund · 1-1
  • 90'Goal · Phil FodenManchester City · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Manchester City 0, draws 1, Borussia Dortmund 1.

Team news

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Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ederson, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Rúben Dias, João Cancelo, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, Phil Foden, Bernardo Silva

Borussia Dortmund line-up (4-3-3)

Marwin Hitz, Mateu Morey, Manuel Akanji, Mats Hummels, Raphaël Guerreiro, Jude Bellingham, Emre Can, Mahmoud Dahoud, Ansgar Knauff, Erling Haaland, Marco Reus