Borussia Dortmund hit the woodwork and had a penalty saved before drawing 0-0 with Barcelona in their Champions League Group F opener on Tuesday (Sep 17), with Lionel Messi making his first appearance of the season for the Spaniards.
Marc-Andre ter Stegen saved Marco Reus' penalty as F. C. Barcelona held Borussia Dortmund to a goalless draw in their Champions League opener.
The Germany international also denied Reus with a smart double save as Dortmund dominated the second half.
Julian Brandt did beat Ter Stegen late on but his effort hit the bar.
Barca gave a Champions League debut to 16-year-old Ansu Fati but created little, despite Lionel Messi's first appearance of the season off the bench.
Dortmund's scoreless run continues
* Borussia Dortmund have failed to score in five of their past six matches in the Champions League, having scored in 12 games in a row before this run.
* Barcelona have failed to score in their opening match of a Champions League campaign for the first time since 2009-10 against Inter Milan - their opponents won the competition that season.
* Barcelona are now unbeaten in their last 14 Champions League group stage matches against German sides (W11 D3), starting in October 2001 against Bayer Leverkusen.
* This was Borussia Dortmund manager Lucien Favre's 10th game as manager in the Champions League - in all 10 matches, at least one side has kept a clean sheet.
* Ansu Fati (16y 321d) has become the first 16-year old to appear for Barcelona in Champions League history, overtaking Bojan (17y 22d) as their youngest player in the competition.
