(Football news) Borussia Dortmund's new signing Anthony Modeste headed in a last-gasp equaliser to complete a brilliant two-goal comeback and snatch a 2-2 draw against visitors Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga's first Der Klassiker on Saturday. The 34-year-old Modeste, who had faced massive criticism from the fans and football pundits as he had netted just once in the league following his summer arrival this season. In the dying minutes he headed in at the far post with the last touch of the game as he also set up their first goal, to rescue a point and keep Bayern off top spot.
Modeste also snapped Dortmunds eight-game losing streak to Bayern in all competitions as the Bavarian giants ended the match with 10 men after Kingsley Coman was sent off in the 90th minute for a second yellow card. Bayern will now face Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League on Wednesday. They now have 16 points on the Bundesliga, the same as Dortmund, with Union Berlin and Freiburg, both on 17 points. Goretzka started off the proceedings with a threaded low shot through a crowded box to open the scoring with Bayern's first chance of the game in a high-intensity game in front of a 81,000 crowd at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund.
Dortmund host Sevilla in the Champions League on Tuesday as they were equally trying to be aggressive but only had few shots on target in the entire first half, including a clever Raphael Guerreiro effort that was saved by Manuel Neuer. The visitors came all guns blazing after the break as Sadio Mane should have done better with a diving header in front of an empty goal from close range in the 49th but Leroy Sane quickly made amends in the 53rd minute, unleashing a powerful shot with Dortmund keeper Alexander Meyer getting a hand on the ball but was unable to turn it wide.
With Bayern thinking they had done enough to win, 17-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko scored his 3rd league goal of the season to set up a dramatic finale when he picked up a Modeste pass to beat keeper Neuer and in doing so he became the youngest scorer in the history of Der Klassiker. Neuer managed to claw away an effort from Modeste on the line in the 83rd but was ultimately beaten when the French striker headed in deep in stoppage time
"Had we scored that third goal then the game would have been over," Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann said.But then we conceded a goal out of a not so dangerous situation. We definitely should have defended better. The last two or three minutes, with a player less, it was an open game. It is frustrating for us but that's the way it is. Overall it's a fair result."
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