Dortmund qualifies from CL group after draw with Lazio

Borussia Dortmund qualified for kckout sts of Champions League despite being held to a 1-1 draw with Lazio after a disputed penalty call gave Italian club an equalizer.

Dortmund's vancement was overshowed by an injury to striker and top scorer Erling Haaland. rwegian 20-year-old won't play until early January because of a muscle tear, coach Lucien Favre told brocaster Sky just before kickoff. Worse followed when defender Mats Hummels hurt his left ankle when challenged by Lazio forward Ciro Immobile.

After a quiet first half as Lazio sat deep, Dortmund opened scoring in 44th minute with an incisive move. Lazio goalkeeper Pepe Reina gave ball away with a long kick into midfield and Dortmund instantly strung toger a four-pass move which ended with Raphael Guerreiro scoring off Thorgan Hazard's pass.

Portuguese wing-back showed good awareness to beat his own teammate Marco Reus to through ball, spotting that Reus was offside.

Lazio leveled game with a penalty in 67th. Left-back Nico Schulz beat Sergej Milinkovic-Savic to ball before Milinkovic-Savic ran into him. referee gave penalty even though Milinkovic-Savic appeared to be jumping over Schulz's leg before re was any contact. Immobile h problem hitting spot kick past goalkeeper Roman Bürki.

Schulz nearly earned immediate redemption when ball fell to him a minute after Immobile scored, but he skewed his shot wide of far post. Manuel Akanji missed target for Dortmund from a good position later on. Bürki dived at full stretch to palm away a low shot from Immobile, and did it again in stopp time to tip an Andreas Pereira free kick wide.

Brugge beat Zenit St. Petersburg 3-0 in or game in Group F. Lazio hosts Brugge next week in a game where winner will qualify, and Lazio will go through in event of a draw. A win for Dortmund at Zenit would guarantee first place in group.

Im credits: AP