Gittens brace leads Dortmund to win over Club Brugge

Substitute Jamie Gittens scored two goals and Serhou Guirassy added a late penalty as Borussia Dortmund punished hosts Club Brugge for several wasted chances with a 3-0 win in their Champions League clash at Jan Breydelstadion on Wednesday.

Last year’s beaten finalists rode their luck but grabbed the lead when English winger Gittens, 20, picked up the ball on the left-hand side of the box and his angled shot took two deflections before ending up in the far corner of the net.

He made sure of the three points with a second goal when he ran at the Brugge defence again before creating the space to shoot, firing a low drive into the net for a superb solo goal.

Brugge will feel aggrieved – they struck the crossbar at 0-0 through Hugo Vetlesen and had a couple of penalty appeals waved away but were also wasteful in front of goal, especially in the first half when they spurned several excellent chances.