Dortmund: police held team bus for 20 minutes before game

There was no Marc Bartra, the Spanish defender who needed surgery on a broken wrist suffered in the attack on the Dortmund team bus that forced the first leg to be postponed by 24 hours.

The evidence from Monte Carlo was that the visitors came up against a better attacking team, though those harrowing circumstances should always place an asterisk against this tie. Dortmund looks to recover after an lucky showing, which saw Monaco score on an own goal and another that was way offside.

Attack-minded left back Bernard Mendy - newly called up to the France team along with Mbappe - hit a fierce shot that goalkeeper Roman Burki spilled. Dortmund will need three goals at the very least to win this tie, simply because they are not secure enough at the back and the hosts are too deadly in attack not to get at least one.

Dortmund's managing director Michael Zorc called Reus a "quick starter, that is one of his impressing abilities".

Dortmund's fans also sang "Hourrah, Hourrah, Monaco" (Hurray, Hurray Monaco). Any possibility of a Dortmund comeback relied on their not conceding again, but Mbappe's pace and strength was a constant menace.

"Our trademark is scoring goals", mentioned Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel in the pre-match presser. It became an end-to-end affair, with defences stretched to their limits.

Mbappe netted twice in the first leg and a goal here merely enhanced the burgeoning reputation of a player who has scored 14 goals in his last 13 appearances for the Ligue 1 leaders.

Kylian Mbappe, Radamel Falcao and Valere Germain were on target for Monaco to ensure progression to the semi-finals.

"This early goal affected our confidence", Tuchel said.

He was injured for the first leg so was not on the bus that was attacked, but he returned to score in the 3-1 home win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga at the weekend.

Monaco's business model of unearthing talent and then selling at a premium suggests Mbappe and his fellow starlets will soon be on the market. And now they are the favorites to go through to the semi-final of this year's competition.

Monaco have won 70% of their home games in the Champions League (21 out of 30).

Prior to Wednesday's game, Dortmund's bus was held up by police at the team hotel and kickoff was briefly delayed.

Bakayoko is a powerhouse, whose energy and dynamism makes him perfectly suited to a two-man central partnership and in turn Monaco's hugely successful 4-4-2 formation.

Benjamin Mendy, who has been reportedly getting Premier League transfer offers, will also join the squad after missing the first leg. Djibril Sidibe is still hospitalised with appendicitis, which might be a bit problematic for Leonardo Jardim, with three key men missing.