By Chris Wright
Dortmund pretty much passed Galatasaray to death on their way to a 4-0 victory in Istanbul in the Champions League last night, thus preserving the Bundesliga side’s immaculate start to the competition.
With some truly delightful interplay from a midfield strata boasting Shinji Kagawa, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Marco Reus and later the returning Ilkay Gundogan, Dortmund dismantled their hosts – though it was Reus who grabbed the goal of the night with an altogether more direct approach.
Picking the ball up out wide on the right, the German winger unleashed a ferocious shot from 30 yards out which, before anyone could react, was nestling inside the far side of Fernando Muslera’s net – largely thanks to an almost immaculate trajectory…
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
Here’s the GIF version just in case…
Here’s the full highlights to be going on with – we recommend staying tuned for Gundogan’s impressive twisty-turny assist for Adrian Ramos’ goal…