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Christian Pulisic, the US striker of Borussia Dortmund, left the bench to win a 1-0 win in the Champions League against Club Brugge on Tuesday.
A game of some very clear chances seemed to be deadlocked before Bruges defender Matej Mitrovic left Pulisic's outstretched leg and into the net after 85 minutes, a gift on the 20th anniversary of the striker. .
Dortmund had dominated possession at Jan Breydelstadion, especially in the second half, and finished a run of eight games without a win in the Champions League.
The German debuted in the competition against Jadon Sancho, 18, the youngest English player to qualify for the Champions League for a team from outside England.
Dortmund goalkeeper Marius Wolf came out after 13 seconds after Brugge goalkeeper Karlo Letica had a bad back pass.
Jelle Vossen was just behind Brugge and back Arnaut Groeneveld made a great attempt from Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki with a 25-meter low shot.
Abdou Diallo was close to allowing the visitors to take advantage over Lukasz Piszczek for a corner, but the first half was over.
Piszczek let slip a great chance in Shinji Kagawa's backcourt when he failed to establish the right link before substitute Brugge teen Lois Openda had his best chance a few minutes later.
However, the last opportunity fell to Pulisic, whose persistence sealed three points for his team, leaving them alongside the group with Atletico Madrid, who imposed 2-1 on the team. AS Monaco.
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