Jacob Bruun Larsen scored a late goal on his return to Borussia Dortmund, helping Hoffenheim earn a 1-1 draw in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
Gio Reyna’s first goal of the season appeared to give Dortmund the lead for a seventh league win, but Hoffenheim substitute Bruun Larsen scored in the first minute of stoppage time after Dortmund’s defense lost focus on a cross from Haris Tabaković.
Bruun Larsen, 26, who played for Dortmund from 2015 to 2020 with a five-month stint at Stuttgart, shot the ball inside the left post. He did not celebrate the goal, though his teammates did.
“If I’d played from the start, maybe it would have been two goals,” Bruun Larsen said, referring to starting on the bench.
Reyna had scored earlier in the second half, when he stopped an attempted clearance with his chest and fired the ball into the top right corner.
The 22-year-old American made his first start of the season on Wednesday in Dortmund’s 3-2 loss to Barcelona in the Champions League, and Dortmund coach Nuri Sahin clearly felt Reyna deserved another start four days later.
In the first half, Serhou Guirassy thought he had won a penalty after a slight touch from Brazilian defender Arthur Chaves. However, referee Harm Osmers changed his mind after reviewing the video replays. Guirassy was arguably lucky not to be booked for diving.
Dortmund defender Nico Schlotterbeck played the full match despite appearing to suffer a serious injury in the game against Barcelona.
After this draw, Dortmund dropped to eighth place, having now dropped points in eight out of 14 league games.
In the early game, Stuttgart won 3-1 at Heidenheim to climb two places to sixth. After a slow start to both the league and the Champions League, Stuttgart has now won four consecutive matches across all competitions, scoring at least three goals in each.
Heidenheim, which had a strong season last year as a newly promoted team, is now struggling in the relegation zone after seven losses across all competitions. Eintracht Frankfurt played at Leipzig later on Sunday.
