DORTMUND: Andre Schuerrle rescued Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday with an 87th-minute equaliser to seal a 2-2 draw with Real Madrid and deny the Spaniards a rare Champions League win in Germany.
Real were minutes from a first win in Dortmund in six attempts, and the result means the Spanish giants have won only four times in 30 away games against German clubs.
Madrid took the lead when Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 95th Champions League goal early on.
Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was credited with the equaliser just before the break after a deflection off Raphael Varane.
But the French international enjoyed second-half redemption when he stabbed home on 68 minutes before Dortmund levelled in the dying stages.
Ronaldo had been left fuming after being substituted by Real coach Zinedine Zidane for the final 20 minutes of Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Las Palmas in La Liga.
And the superstar chose to celebrate his goal at Dortmund’s Signal Iduna Park with his Portugal team-mates Fabio Coentrao and Pepe, who were on the Real bench, with Zidane in the background.
Dortmund dominated the opening quarter of an hour before Ronaldo’s opener and both goalkeepers were tested in the first five minutes.
