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Good evening. Tonight sees two of Europe's most attacking sides go head to head in the first leg of the Champions League quarter final - Dortmund versus Monaco. Sounds enthralling, doesn't it? Follow us for LIVE text commentary.

Champions League / Quarter-final
Signal Iduna Park / 12.04.2017
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Tom Adams

Updated 12/04/2017 at 20:22 GMT+1


18'
Ginter delivers a cross into the heart of the Monaco penalty area but Toure does brilliantly to head clear.
16'
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PENALTY MISSED! Fabinho steps up... and sends the ball wide of the Dortmund goal. It's a very poor effort but has justice been served? It looked like a harsh decision to award the spot-kick in the first place!
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PENALTY TO MONACO! Papastathopoulos hauls down Mbappe who was through on goal and the referee Daniele Orsato points to the spot! Yellow card to the Dortmund defender as well.
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14'
HALF-CHANCE! Monaco's full-back Toure is allowed too much space on the channel and he swings in a cross for Lemar but the youngster can't keep his header down.
12'
Gilk, who is back from suspension, and his centre-back partner Jemerson are going to have a difficult job keeping Aubameyang quiet this evening.
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10'
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JUST OVER! Aubameyang spins away from Jemerson to run on to a delightful through ball from Piszczek but the Gabon international can't keep his effort down as the ball flashes over the crossbar.
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8'
Monaco are holding a neat and organised shape at the back, and Dortmund are having a lot of trouble finding a way through at the moment.
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This is the fourteenth time Dortmund have appeared in a European quarter-final.
4'
Kagawa tries to release Aubameyang behind the Monaco defence as the hosts launch their first meaningful attack but Glik is alert to read the danger and makes a sliding challenge to divert the ball back to his goalkeeper.
3'
Dortmund are passing the ball around very comfortably in the opening stages. I don't believe the visitors have had a touch just yet.
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Only one French team has beaten Dortmund on their own soil in European competition (D3 L5), it was Marseille in December 2011 (3-2).
1st Half
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KICK-OFF: Dortmund, in their traditional yellow and black kits, get us underway.
17:43
Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel told Sky Germany before tonight's game: "Everybody is dealing with this differently. I’m doing pretty fine, but we all have the right to deal with this differently.
“We would’ve wished for more time to reflect on this. We felt quite helpless when the decision was made in Switzerland (by UEFA).
“We’ve been left feeling a bit helpless by the decision. But professionals find solutions to problems. We are strong enough.
“What happened yesterday happened to us as people."
17:41
Remarkable scenes in Dortmund as both sets of supporters join in with a rendition of You'll Never Walk Alone.
17:40
FIVE MINUTES UNTIL KICK-OFF: A reminder of tonight's starting line-ups...
Dortmund: Bürki, Bender, Dembélé, Guerreiro, Aubameyang, Kagawa, Sokratis, Piszczek, Ginter, Schmelzer, Weigl.
Monaco: Subasic, Glik, Jemerson, Raggi, Toure, Fabinho, Moutinho, Silva, Lemar, Mbappe, Falcao.
17:35
TEN MINUTES UNTIL KICK-OFF: Goals, goals, goals. That's what we're all expecting tonight, isn't it? And any wonder - Dortmund broke the record for goals scored in a single Champions League group stage with their tally of 21 while Monaco have netted a remarkable 88 times this season. My prediction? 2-2.
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DID YOU KNOW? This is the first competitive encounter between Dortmund and Monaco.
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