Super subs set new Bundesliga record on Matchday 2

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Every coach tries to influence the game, but the full-time whistle always sounds that little bit sweeter when a substitute makes a defining contribution.

bundesliga.com looks back on the game-changing introductions that scored a Bundesliga record 11 goals between them on Matchday 2 of the 2016/17 campaign...

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    Ralph Hasenhüttl also struck gold with a double change of his own in RB Leipzig's home debut in the Bundesliga. With the clock heading towards time added on, Oliver Burke teed up Naby Keita to hand Leipzig their first ever Bundesliga win and send last season's runners-up Borussia Dortmund home pointless.

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One for the history books

    Never before have substitutes scored 44 per cent of a Bundesliga matchday's total goals (11 of 25).Substitute goalscorers Pohjanpalo, Keita, Schieber, Kimmich, Petersen, Sirigu, Uth and Szalai had 103 touches between them.The previous single Bundesliga match day record for total goals by substitutes was eight.