UCL: Atletico secure first leg victory against Dortmund

Atletico Madrid earned a 2-1 Champions League quarter-final first leg victory over Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday, surviving a late onslaught from the visitors.

Rodrigo De Paul and Samuel Lino’s first half goals gave Diego Simeone’s side a commanding lead but Sebastien Haller pulled one back to give the German side a foothold in the tie ahead of next week’s return in Dortmund.

Borussia Dortmund created their own problems at Atletico Madrid as defensive mistakes gave the German side a mountain to climb, but Sebastian Haller’s late goal offered a lifeline at the Wanda Metropolitano.

Dortmund gifted Rodrigo de Paul an opener after four just minutes in Madrid, before another mix-up at the back allowed Antoine Griezmann to set up Samuel Lino to add a second shortly after the half-hour mark.

Haller’s instinctive turn and finish sets up an intriguing return leg in Dortmund next week – changing the momentum of the tie as Julian Brand went close to grabbing an equaliser in stoppage time with a header that crashed off the crossbar.