Borussia Dortmund had to share the points with Werder Bremen after a 0-0 draw on Saturday.
For Nuri Şahin and his team, it was an evening to forget, as the encounter at the Weserstadion was a 90-minute tussle with poor scoring and hasty fouls.
There was no difference between the two teams in the first 45 minutes as both teams played with the ball on the pitch. Impressively, after half an hour neither team had fired a single shot.
But as time went on, tempers escalated. Werder Bremen applied pressure with Justin Njinmah and Mitchell Weiser, while the entire Dortmund defense received a yellow card.
Karim Adeyemi came on as a substitute in the second half and had the best chance to break the deadlock, but his long-range shot was too easy for goalkeeper Michael Zetterer.
The door to a surprise victory for the hosts opened a little when the guests had to play with only ten men after Nico Schlotterbeck's foul on Njinmah.
Despite having the upper hand in the last 15 minutes, Werder Bremen could not punish Dortmund and the teams shared the points. Both teams are unbeaten after two games in the Bundesliga.
