After a dramatic Manchester City comeback, Erling Haaland's magnificent strike capped a painful European defeat for the club.
After 56 minutes, the outstanding Jude Bellingham glanced home Marco Reus' cross, which was the only goal of the game.
With 10 minutes left in the game, John Stones fired a powerful shot past Alexander Meyer to level the score for the visitors.
Four minutes after Haaland scored from Joao Cancelo's cross, it was left to them to create a truly special moment.
As City came from behind to win, Haaland made the defining, spectacular contribution as he had been kept quiet by his teammates.
The young Norwegian was on the fringes of the game but had posted a warning with a shot that hit the outside of the post.
The emphasis of the game was shifted to a game in which Hummels and Bellingham were in the middle of the park as City were frustrated by the lack of a goal.
When Haaland took off into the air to meet Cancelo's cross with his outstretched left foot, it was still a special moment.
It made his father smile, as he watched in the stands. His son's elasticity and elegance were missing from the re-enactment.
His goal was his 13th of the season and his 26th in 21 games.
This was the kind of moment the 22-year-old was signed for, to decide big European games that looked to be getting away from them.
The fact that City have a maximum return from two games means that every team in the competition will be afraid of the same player.
Bellingham embraced Haaland, the pain of defeat mixed with a resigned smile at the world-class goal that undid so much good work by the team.
Haaland will have appreciated the class of the 19-year-old Englishman, who was the game's most significant presence until City launched that late surge.
Bellingham showed maturity beyond his years when he diverted Reus' cross past Ederson as he reacted quicker than City's defenders.
The England squad will be named on Thursday. Bellingham has produced a growing body of evidence to suggest that he should be a starter over KalvinPhillips.
He was more impressive than the disappointing Jack Grealish, who could have had no complaints when he was taken out of the game.
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