Luke Plapp of Jayco AlUla won stage eight of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday with a formidable solo effort on the 197 km ride from Giulianova to Castelraimondo while Diego Ulissi became the first Italian in four years to take the pink jersey.

Kiel were then left with 10 players when Carl Johansson was sent off, receiving a straight red card for an ill-advised lunge on Karim Adeyemi

The game appeared to take the the form of the perfect storyline from a Dortmund point of view. Serhou Guirassy's cross fell to Felix Nmecha inside 120 seconds as Lewis Holtby tangled legs with the German midfielder. Harm Osmers pointed to the spot in an instant with no VAR consultation needed.