Marco Reus said he had “goosebumps” after scoring on his debut for Borussia Dortmund in Friday night’s 2-1 win over Werder Bremen.

The Germany international returned to his home-town club from Bor. Moenchengladbach this summer and helped them to a successful start to the defence of their title.

And the forward admitted it was a night he will not forget in a long time.

“I really enjoyed it. I had goosebumps and I don’t think there is much more to say than that,” Reus said.

“Of course, I had dreamed of scoring on my debut and that was good for me but more important for the team.”

After Reus’s 11th-minute opener, Dortmund appeared to struggle against a well-organised young Bremen side, who equalised through Theodor Gebre Selassie before Mario Goetze pinched a late winner for the hosts.

“I don’t think anybody can expect us to be at our very best from the beginning,” added Reus on his club’s website.

“We saw that we still have a great deal of work ahead of us, but it was important that we won the game.”

Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf saw plenty of positives in his side’s display and was only disappointed they were not rewarded for their efforts.

“We have dropped some points here,” he said.

“We are frustrated about that. We played a good game and unfortunately we were unable to take something away... a big shame.”