After a match in which UEFA Champions League records were broken, it was Borussia Dortmund’s Marco Reus who was the centre of attention.
BVB’s 8-4 home win against Legia was the highest scoring match ever in this competition, but the feel-good story of the day was the return of Marco Reus from a six-month absence caused by a persistent pubis injury.
Having lost Mats Hummels, İlkay Gündoğan and Henrikh Mkhitaryan last summer, BVB coach Thomas Tuchel stressed that Reus “suddenly became our fourth lost key player” and that “we have waited impatiently his return”. The comeback was postponed several times but was…