Soccer-Dortmund stage late three-goal comeback to beat Hamburg 3-2


DORTMUND, Germany, March ⁠21 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund missed a penalty ⁠but scored three goals in 11 ‌minutes late in the second half to race back from 2-0 down and snatch a 3-2 victory over ​visitors Hamburg SV on ⁠Saturday.

The hosts, in second ⁠placeon 61 points, stayed nine behind leaders Bayern ⁠Munich ‌with seven matches remaining.

Dortmund found themselves 2-0 down in the first ⁠half with Hamburg taking a 19th ​minute lead ‌through Philip Otele's tap-in and Albert Sambi ⁠Lokongo ​doubling it in the 38th.

The hosts missed a chance to cut the deficit before the ⁠break when Felix Nmecha sent ​a stoppage-time penalty wide but they got a second chance with a 73nd minute penalty. ⁠Ramy Bensebaini did it better to pull a goal back before substitute Serhou Guirassy stabbed in from close range to level ​six minutes later.

The hosts were ⁠then awarded a third penalty and Bensebaini ​scored from the spot ‌once more in the 84th ​to complete their late comeback.

(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, editing by Pritha Sarkar)

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