Borussia Dortmund record a comfortable win over Sporting in their play-off first leg as Serhou Guirassy scores his 10th goal in this season's Champions League.

LISBON (Reuters) -Borussia Dortmund forward Serhou Guirassy scored one and set up another in a 3-0 victory at Sporting in their Champions League playoff first leg on Tuesday to put last year's finalists in the driving seat for a spot in the last 16.

Three second-half goals at Estádio José Alvalade gave Borussia Dortmund a commanding lead going into the second leg.

Niko Kovac is now unbeaten in each of his seven Champions League away games (W4 D2 with Bayern Munich, W1 with Dortmund), the most matches a manager has taken charge of on the road in the competition

Serhou Guirassy scored his 10th goal in this season's Champions League as Borussia Dortmund beat Sporting in the first-leg of their knockout phase play-off.

S porting CP and Borussia Dortmund meet at Estadio Jose Alvalade on Tuesday with the hosts winless in the UEFA Champions League since Ruben Amorim left. Rui Borges is now in charg