Borussia Dortmund 3-2 Fortuna Dusseldorf: Three things we learned

DORTMUND, GERMANY - MAY 11: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been digitally enhanced.) Scorer Christian Pulisic (2R) of Dortmund celebrates his team's first goal with Thomas Delaney (2L) and Lukasz Piszczek (L) of Dortmund during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Fortuna Düsseldorf at Signal Iduna Park on May 11, 2019 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Lukas Schulze/Bundesliga/DFL via Getty Images)
DORTMUND, GERMANY - MAY 11: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been digitally enhanced.) Scorer Christian Pulisic (2R) of Dortmund celebrates his team's first goal with Thomas Delaney (2L) and Lukasz Piszczek (L) of Dortmund during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Fortuna Düsseldorf at Signal Iduna Park on May 11, 2019 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Lukas Schulze/Bundesliga/DFL via Getty Images) /
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Borussia Dortmund hosted Fortuna Düsseldorf in the penultimate game of the Bundesliga season at the Westfalenstadion this past Saturday.

The match proved to be an edge of your seat sort of thriller, with both teams exchanging blows that led to a final scoreline of 3-2 to the hosts. The game came down to very fine margins; margins that have seen Dortmund extend the title race until the very last match day.

DORTMUND, GERMANY – MAY 11: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been digitally enhanced.) Scorer Christian Pulisic (2R) of Dortmund celebrates his team’s first goal with Thomas Delaney (2L) and Lukasz Piszczek (L) of Dortmund during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Fortuna Düsseldorf at Signal Iduna Park on May 11, 2019 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Lukas Schulze/Bundesliga/DFL via Getty Images)
DORTMUND, GERMANY – MAY 11: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been digitally enhanced.) Scorer Christian Pulisic (2R) of Dortmund celebrates his team’s first goal with Thomas Delaney (2L) and Lukasz Piszczek (L) of Dortmund during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Fortuna Düsseldorf at Signal Iduna Park on May 11, 2019 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by Lukas Schulze/Bundesliga/DFL via Getty Images) /

There were many twists and turns in this encounter, however, and its important that we look at the most important twists to unravel how Dortmund managed to come away with all three points in the end.