Borussia Dortmund 0-2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Karim Bellarabi scored the fastest goal in German top-flight history - after just nine seconds - to help Bayer Leverkusen beat Borussia Dortmund.

Three passes after kick-off, the 24-year-old midfielder received the ball on the edge of the Dortmund box before turning and sliding in from 15 yards.

It was two seconds quicker than the record held by three players, including Bayern Munich's Giovane Elber in 1998.

Stefan Kiessling's injury-time effort sealed Leverkusen's opening-day win.

"I am really happy for Bellarabi," said Leverkusen sporting director Rudi Voeller. "This record is great for him. We did absolutely everything right in that first half and so did he."

Bundesliga's previous fastest goals
January 1998	Bayern Munich's Giovane Elber against Hamburg	11 seconds
March 2002	Bayer Leverkusen's Ulf Kirsten against Kaiserslautern	11 seconds
May 2003	Bochum's Paul Freier against 1860 Munich	11 seconds

Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp reacted to Bellarabi's record-breaking goal with a disbelieving grin, but was not smiling at the final whistle as he angrily harangued the match officials.

In truth, Klopp could only blame his players for a deserved defeat which already leaves them three points adrift of arch-rivals Bayern Munich.

The under-strength hosts, who were missing several key players through injury, played at a pedestrian pace and were unable to cope with Leverkusen's high-tempo pressing.

Reigning champions Bayern started their title defence with a 2-1 success against Wolfsburg on Friday.

Bellarabi skipped around Dortmund defender Matthias Ginter before scoring

Dortmund's 80,000-capacity Signal Iduna Park was virtually silent after Bellarabi's opener

Bellarabi celebrated only the second Bundesliga goal of his Leverkusen career

It was not a happy afternoon for Dortmund's Klopp, starting a club record seventh-straight season in charge

• Line-ups
• Match Stats
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Line-ups

B Dortmund

Formation 4-1-2-1-2

22Langerak

26Piszczek25Papastathopoulos28Ginter37Durm

5Kehl

14Jojic10Mkhitaryan

11Reus

9Immobile17Aubameyang

• 22Langerak
• 26Piszczek
• 25Papastathopoulos
• 28Ginter
• 37Durm
• 5Kehl
• 14JojicBooked at 64minsSubstituted forGroßkreutzat 75'minutes
• 10Mkhitaryan
• 11ReusSubstituted forHofmannat 75'minutes
• 9Immobile
• 17Aubameyang

Substitutes

• 1Weidenfeller
• 4Subotic
• 6Bender
• 7Hofmann
• 19Großkreutz
• 30Narey
• 31Maruoka

B Leverkusen

Formation 4-2-3-1

1Leno

16Jedvaj21Toprak5Spahic17Boenisch

27Castro6Rolfes

38Bellarabi10Calhanoglu7Son Heung-min

11Kießling

• 1Leno
• 16JedvajBooked at 45mins
• 21ToprakBooked at 51mins
• 5Spahic
• 17Boenisch
• 27Castro
• 6RolfesSubstituted forReinartzat 62'minutes
• 38Bellarabi
• 10CalhanogluSubstituted forPapadopoulosat 80'minutes
• 7Son Heung-minSubstituted forBrandtat 76'minutes
• 11Kießling

Substitutes

• 3Reinartz
• 9Drmic
• 14Papadopoulos
• 15Öztunali
• 18Wendell
• 19Brandt
• 25Kresic

Referee:

Deniz Aytekin

Attendance:

80,667

Match Stats

Home TeamB DortmundAway TeamB Leverkusen

Possession

Home59%

Away41%

Shots

Home11

Away11

Shots on Target

Home4

Away2

Corners

Home8

Away4

Fouls

Home13

Away28

Live Text

1. Post update

   Match ends, Borussia Dortmund 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.

2. 90'+6'

   Full Time

   Second Half ends, Borussia Dortmund 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2.

3. 90'+5'

   Goal!

   Goal! Borussia Dortmund 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2. Stefan Kießling (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Karim Bellarabi.

4. 90'+4'

   Post update

   Attempt missed. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ciro Immobile with a headed pass following a corner.

5. 90'+3'

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   Corner, Borussia Dortmund. Conceded by Kyriakos Papadopoulos.

6. 90'+3'

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   Attempt saved. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonas Hofmann.

7. 90'+3'

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   Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the left wing.

8. 90'+3'

   Post update

   Foul by Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).

9. 90'+2'

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   Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

10. 90'+2'

    Post update

    Foul by Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).

11. 90'

    Post update

    Delay over. They are ready to continue.

12. 90'

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    Delay in match Sebastian Boenisch (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) because of an injury.

13. 89'

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    Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Borussia Dortmund).

14. 89'

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    Tin Jedvaj (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

15. 89'

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    Attempt saved. Ciro Immobile (Borussia Dortmund) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal.

16. 89'

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    Ciro Immobile (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick on the left wing.

17. 89'

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    Foul by Ömer Toprak (Bayer 04 Leverkusen).

18. 88'

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    Offside, Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Kyriakos Papadopoulos tries a through ball, but Stefan Kießling is caught offside.

19. 87'

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    Foul by Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Borussia Dortmund).

20. 87'

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    Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

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