Dortmund, Legia set Champions League record in 12-goal thriller

Borussia Dortmund and Legia Warsaw combined for the highest-ever scoring match in the history of the Champions League, the Group F pair exchanging blows throughout Tuesday's tussle for an 8-4 classic in the German side's favour.

The goal total of 12 surpassed the previous record of AS Monaco's 8-3 triumph over Deportivo La Coruna in the 2003-04 group stages.

The first-half deluge saw seven goals crammed into just 22 minutes to set a new record for strikes in an opening stanza, and it was Marco Reus' effort - credited as a Jakub Rzezniczak own goal - which rounded off the scoring in the dying moments to rewrite the record books at the Westfalenstadion.

Despite his late deflected attempt being given to Rzezniczak, Reus bagged a brace on the evening to celebrate his return from a six-month layoff due to a tear in his abductor muscle.

Dortmund holds top spot in Group F, and is two points ahead of Real Madrid - its opponent in the final matchday of this stage on Dec. 7. That meeting will decide who finishes above the other three sides in the quartet, and earns a supposedly easier draw in the Round of 16.