Borussia Dortmund may have given up a 2-0 lead against Real Madrid on Tuesday night, but one of their players left the Bernabéu with a rather special new record.
The German team scored two goals in four minutes in the first half of the Champions League duel that silenced the home fans.
On the second of those shots, 20-year-old Englishman Jamie Gittens put the ball in at the far post after receiving an inviting low cross from Donyell Malen.
Scoring at the Bernabéu is a moment no player will ever forget and Gittens’ goal has a particular meaning.
At 20 years and 75 days he became the youngest English player to score against Madrid in the Champions League, breaking the record previously held by Alan Smith.
Jamie Gittens (second right) made history when he gave the home team a 2-0 lead during the first half.
Gittens finished at the far post and doubled his team’s lead in the Champions League tie
Smith was 54 days older when he scored for Leeds against the Spanish giants in 2001.
History-maker Gittens began his career at Reading before joining Manchester City at the age of 14.
The winger spent two years in Manchester before moving to Germany, where he has since scored six goals in 51 games for Dortmund since making his first-team debut in 2022.
Unfortunately for Gittens, his team was unable to maintain the lead it established that night.
Antonio Rudiger pulled one back when he met Kylian Mbappé’s cross with a header before Vinicius Jr made it 2-2 with a tap-in.
The 20-year-old became the youngest Englishman to score against Madrid in the competition
Lucas Vázquez put the hosts ahead with a powerful shot before Vinicius put an end to the match with two wonderful solo goals.
The 5-2 defeat leaves Dortmund fifth in the Champions League standings with six points from three games, while Madrid is ninth with the same result but with a smaller goal difference.
