Juventus took a slender lead over Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their Champions League second round tie, with Max Allegri's side winning 2-1 in Turin.
The tie is finely balanced going into the return leg at Signal Iduna Park, but here are the player ratings from the initial clash.
Roman Weidenfeller (4) Nervous performance overall, typified by his shocking parry into Tevez's path for the first goal.
Lukasz Piszczek (6) Unfortunate to be taken off injured after making an impression in the first half.
Mats Hummels (6) Tevez caused problems to the World Cup winner. Not the best performance by any means but looked strong in spells.
Sokratis Papastathopoulos (5) Struggled with Morata before being taken off at the break.
Marcel Schmelzer (6) Solid defensively but was wasteful with his deliveries from crosses.
Ilkay Gundogan (8) Produced an excellent display with his short passing always hitting the mark, while he protected the back four at the same time. Responsible for the tempo of the game for large spells.
Nuri Sahin (7) Sahin contributed to the game's tempo too, though he didn't have much say in attack.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan (5) Little to no impact made by the Armenian. Disappointing.
Marco Reus (8) Menacing display. Marked tightly by Juve but caused problems when he drifted in to the centre. Quick thinking allowed him to steal the ball off Chiellini to equalise.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (6) Under the control of Evra for the most part.
Ciro Immobile (5) Anonymous for the most part. Did flash a long range shot or two over the bar though.
SUBSTITUTIONS
Matthias Ginter (5) Played at both right back and centre half after replacing Piszczek, looking nervous at times.
Oliver Kirch (5) Wasteful in possession after coming on at half time.
Jakub Blaszczykowski (6) Typically full of energy after coming on as a late substitute.
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