Moukoko makes Revierderby history as Dortmund go to Bundesliga summit

Youssoufa Moukoko became the youngest ever scorer in a Bundesliga Revierderby as his powerful header gave Borussia Dortmund a 1-0 win against Schalke.

At just 17 years and 301 days, it was the prodigious teenager who was the match-winner on Saturday at Signal Iduna Park, taking Dortmund top of the league.

His decisive intervention came in the 79th minute, to ensure the Black and Yellow’s dominant efforts were not in vain against their stubborn visitors.

Coupled with Bayern Munich’s surprise loss to Augsburg, the result sent Edin Terzic’s men to the summit, albeit with fellow early high-flyers Union Berlin and Freiburg still to play this weekend.

4 – @BlackYellow have won each of their last four games against FC Schalke 04 – it is the longest winning streak in this fixture since the 1960s (8 consecutive victories for BVB from 1964 to 1967). Powerful. #BVBS04 pic.twitter.com/G2ZRkxH291

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The result also helped Dortmund to their longest winning streak against Schalke in over half a century, with four wins on the trot now, having previously achieved eight on the bounce between 1964 and 1967.

It did not come without a cost, however, after captain Marco Reus was stretchered off in the first half, in a potentially significant blow for Dortmund and Germany with the Qatar 2022 World Cup on the horizon.

The moment Youssoufa Moukoko headed @BlackYellow into the lead of the #Revierderby! #Bundesliga | #MD7 pic.twitter.com/u7Dhp64hOq

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