Erling Haaland was there too.

The Norwegian star striker, feared throughout Europe, has already scored 22 goals in 14 competitive games in his first season for English champions Manchester City.

A monster quota for the 1.95 meter long model athlete.

On Tuesday evening, the Champions League draw wanted it that way, he was once again a guest in his old sporty living room, warmly welcomed by 81,000 spectators in the sold-out Dortmund stadium.

And how was he, the 22-year-old Norwegian prodigy?

After a key scene in which he was bravely shoved off by his former team-mate Mats Hummels, inconspicuousness personified.

Haaland was replaced by attacking midfielder Bernardo Silva after the first 45 minutes by coach Pep Guardiola, probably also to give him a breather.

What Haaland then saw from the bench was an intense game, but the crucial thing, a goal over here or over there, was missing.

That's why both teams finally reached their goal of the day and qualified for the round of 16 of the Champions League: City after 624 passes and only eight shots on goal as first, Dortmund after 296 passes but eleven shots on goal as second in group G.

BVB wins comparison with Sevilla

Third-placed FC Sevilla would not help next Wednesday after the 3-0 win over FC Copenhagen without a win so far, even a complete success in Manchester in a Dortmund defeat in the Danish capital, because BVB are tied for a direct comparison with the Andalusians a 4-1 win in Seville and a 1-1 home win.

So back to Tuesday evening in Dortmund, where the leaders of the English Premier League, for the first time in a competitive game with the former Bielefeld Arminen Stefan Ortega Moreno as a secure backing in goal, could be happy after the first half that the more courageous BVB with their counterattacks not in leadership lay.

Especially after the 17-year-old center forward Youssoufa Moukoko missed his shot on goal from the very best position (36th minute).

Without the supporting actor Haaland and the playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, who was not even used, City finally earned the draw, which was valuable for both teams, because the Skyblues kept pushing their opponent back after the break and in the 58th minute after Emre Can fouled Riyad Mahrez im Dortmund's penalty area seemed about to use the free shot to make it 1-0.

The fact that the fouled person then took the penalty himself was not such a good idea.

The Algerian took a little too much time before making a wrong decision.

Gregor Kobel, another Dortmund pillar from coach Edin Terzic's stable kit, was able to parry his half-height and poorly placed penalty in flight.

That was Manchester's greatest opportunity to win this duel between two equally strong teams.

Kobel was good to say afterwards when he said, "I was actually looking forward to him - meaning Haaland - taking the penalty, but unfortunately he wasn't on the pitch anymore".

Dortmund could be happy about that, since Haaland is always good for a goal even on his less conspicuous days.

Like in the first leg, for example, when the Norwegian artistically scored the goal shortly before the end to give his team a 2-1 win after being 1-0 down.

It was the third 2-1 victory for the English side in the Champions League history of these two teams, which now also includes a goalless draw of the better kind.

Mats Hummels, on Tuesday as so often in his Dortmund years an outstanding leader of his team when it mattered, saved himself, unlike after the draw two weeks ago against Sevilla, even the slightest criticism about the performance, which was not inviting to blame .

The 34-year-old central defender, who organized and held together the defensive in front of Kobel in conjunction with the young national player Kevin Schlotterbeck, the experienced national player Niklas Süle and Thorgan Hazard, who acted skillfully in his new role as left-back, had a very special presence in this top game in Group G taken on duty.

"If you criticize like I did two weeks ago, then you have to expect me to lead the way in terms of performance and style."

Hummels did that with great concentration from the first to the last minute and with the overview of the old master.

He also praised, who had recently scolded the narcissistic "heel, tip, one, two, three" football mentality of some of his colleagues, above all the young national player Karim Adeyemi, who sometimes loved the ball too much, "who played on the right side up to the 73rd minute. minute - when Donyell Malen replaced him - plowed".

When all of Dortmund had devotedly defended the 0-0 lead, they were all happy about a feat of strength against a top opponent from England, who was only the same this time.

Chief analyst Hummels said: "In the first half we had to lead, in the second we suffered." It was worth it.