Dortmund, Legia Break Champions League Record In 12-Goal Thriller

History was made in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night as Borussia Dortmund defeated Legia Warsaw 8-4 at the Westfalenstadion, breaking the record for the most goals in a Champions League match.

The 12 goals scored surpassed Monaco’s 8-3 win over Deportivo La Coruna in 2003.

The German side scored five times in 15 minutes with Shinji Kagawa grabbing two goals while Marco Reus on his return from six months injury completed the scoring in stoppage time.

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Legia went ahead in the early stages, thanks to an Aleksandar Prijovic goal but that sparked a remarkable rush of seven goals in 15 first-half minutes that gave the home side a 5-2 interval lead.

Dortmund have now scored 14 goals against Legia this season – the most by any team against a single opponent in one Champions League campaign.

Polish champions Legia became the first side to score four goals in a Champions League match and lose.

It is the first time in Champions League history that eight players scored in a single match. Dortmund became the fourth team after Liverpool, Monaco and Real Madrid to score eight goals in a Champions League fixture.

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It was the first match in any European competition with 12 goals since Ajax defeated Luxembourg’s Red Boys Differdange 14-0 in the old Uefa Cup on 3 October 1984.

Dortmund are top of Group F on 13 points, two ahead of Real Madrid, who beat Sporting 2-1 away, before the two sides meet in Spain in December to decide who takes top spot in the section.

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