Nervy Dortmund earn draw and top spot


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 10 Dec 2014

Borussia Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Ciro Immobile and Eric Durm (L-R) react after their Champions League Group D soccer match against Anderlecht in Dortmund December 9, 2014. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

(Reuters) - Dortmund earned some relief from their domestic woes on Tuesday as they qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League as group winners -- but their 1-1 draw against Anderlecht told of a side still down on confidence and form.

Ciro Immobile's splendid 58th-minute goal had looked as if it would be enough to give the already qualified Germans, who had only climbed off the foot of the Bundesliga at the weekend, a victorious finale in Group D.

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