"Everything is very open for second leg," said Mourinho.

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"For them they played very tactically, they play very deep especially in second-half. They were waiting for a set piece to score. Even going there for second leg we can score goals." Van Persie said that home advantage in the second leg in March does not mean that the tie is over. "We have a slight advantage but at this kind of level it doesn't matter if it's home or away," he said. In Donetsk, five fans of the Ukraine team, who had flown in for the match, were killed when their Antonov AN-24 plane, arriving from Odessa, was forced into an emergency landing. There was a minute's silence before kick-off at the Donbass Arena. Dortmund, the 1997 European champions, almost snatched an early lead when Mats Hummels headed against the crossbar from a corner. But it was Shakhtar who took a 30th-minute lead when a Darijo Srna free-kick evaded the Dortmund defence before beating goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller. The German champions were level four minutes before the interval when Robert Lewandowski found the target after being set-up by Mario Goetze. Shakhtar regained the lead after 68 minutes when substitute Douglas Costa scored with a left-foot drive but Dortmund finished on top and Hummels levelled for 2-2 with three minutes left. "It is important that we are going into the second leg level and a 0-0 would see us through," said Hummels. "Certainly there were a few dangerous moments in defence, but against a such an attack-minded team you can never avoid this." (AFP) PM PM 02140904 NNNN
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