published: wednesday 6 november 2013, 23.00cet borussia dortmund 0-1 arsenal fc
ın-form midfielder aaron ramsey scored the only goal of the game as the premier league leaders also maintained control of group f.
aaron ramsey continued his excellent scoring form for arsenal fc with the only goal of the game to earn the premier league leaders a 1-0 victory at borussia dortmund.
the welsh international's 13th goal for club and country this season was enough to extend arsenal's unbeaten streak to 15 away games in all competitions while also ending the hosts' run of seven straight home victories in the uefa champions league. the gunners draw level with ssc napoli, who beat olympique de marseille 3-2, on nine points at the section summit, with dortmund three behind in third.
considering jürgen klopp had promised a "heavy metal" performance from his side, the opening quarter of an hour was fairly easy listening with most of the noise coming from the enthusiastic home crowd. possession was balanced with both teams adopting a respectful, almost tentative approach.
neven subotic nearly upset the parity when he stabbed just wide after ramsey had inadvertently headed a marco reus free-kick back across his own area on 17 minutes and subsequently dortmund began to grasp control. jakub blaszczykowski hooked another effort high and wide after good play between kevin grosskreutz and reus on the right, but the best chance of the half fell to henrikh mkhitaryan, who failed to beat wojciech szczesny one-on-one after being played in by reus.
robert lewandowski, hat-trick hero at the weekend against vfb stuttgart, took his frustrations out with a powerful shot from range as the half-time whistle neared. when the second period began in a similar fashion, with reus and blaszczykowski each drawing saves from szczesny, it was clearly the bundesliga side on top.
then arsenal struck. anonymous for the first hour, mesut özil swung over a cross which olivier giroud did well to nod down for ramsey to steal in ahead of nuri şahin and head past weidenfeller. with the deadlock broken, the game opened up and as dortmund poured forward in search of a leveller, ramsey almost scored again but was denied by roman weidenfeller at the near post.
şahin then had to intervene on the line to keep out a giroud effort and marcel schmelzer swerved a fierce strike into the side netting at the other end. despite a frantic finish there was to be no further score and arsenal move top of the section, a position also familiar to them domestically.
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