Gittens gets Dortmund off to a Bundesliga flyer
Jamie Gittens got Borussia Dortmund off to a winning start under new coach Nuri Sahin with his two goals earning them a 2-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in their first Bundesliga game of the season.
Saturday's match was marked by Dortmund fans' protests against their club's sponsorship deal with a German arms manufacturer.
Frankfurt's Fares Chaibi had a big chance in the 71st minute but was unable to react quickly enough to turn Niels Nkounkou's fiercely-struck cross into the goal from close range.
Then Gittens made more of a harder chance at the other end a minute later, eluding a defender on the left of the penalty box before firing in from a narrow angle.
The 20-year-old English winger then sealed the win on a counter-attack in the 93rd minute.
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