Borussia Dortmund held off a spirited comeback from Mamelodi Sundowns to secure a 4-3 victory and move closer to the Club World Cup knockout stages. Dortmund were behind after 11 minutes to the South African champions at the TQL Stadium in Cincinnati but rallied to win their second game in Group F and move top of the standings with four points, one more than Sundowns.

Felix Nmecha, Serhou Guirassy and Jobe Bellingham scored for the Bundesliga club, who also profited from an own goal. Lucas Ribeiro had given Sundowns the lead while Iqraam Rayners and Lebo Mothiba scored in the second half as they looked to rally from 4-1 down in blazing hot conditions.

Dortmund’s coach, Niko Kovac, said: “We had a hard battle against the heat and an opponent who could handle the conditions better. This is a tournament that we want to compete in and try to win a World Cup title but the conditions are very hard for all for the teams.”

Ribeiro burst through a static Dortmund defence, picking up the ball on the halfway line and gliding past two opponents to score a shock opener. But the lead lasted only five minutes before a calamitous error from Sundowns goalkeeper Ronwen Williams, whose short misplaced pass to Nmecha gave him an easy tap-in for the equaliser.

Dortmund went ahead after a slick set of one-two passes between Julian Brandt and Guirassy, who powered home with his head. Bellingham, in his second appearance for Dortmund, made it 3-1 on the stroke of half-time as Williams parried Brandt’s cross straight at him, and he delayed shooting for a split second before wrong-footing the goalkeeper.

Rayners struck the woodwork for Sundowns 10 minutes into the second half but on the hour mark Daniel Svensson’s cross from the left took a wicked deflection off Sundowns’ full-back Khuliso Mudau as Dortmund extended their lead.

Two minutes later, the South African side pulled one back as Teboho Mokoena’s free-kick was floated to Rayners, who struck the foot of the post but the rebound bounced back onto his head and he did not waste the second opportunity.

Mothiba struck in the 90th minute as Sundowns stole away possession and the substitute scored from close range but they could not find an equaliser.

The Sundowns coach, Miguel Cardoso, said: “I think it was clear that we pushed the level of the game to the maximum and that we were able to pay an open game against such a strong opponent. I’m very proud of the resilience that we showed.”

Inter 2-1 Urawa Red Diamonds

Valentín Carboni scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time to complete Inter’s rally to a 2-1 victory over Urawa Red Diamonds in their Group E encounter in Seattle. Carboni’s strike rescued all three points for Inter 14 minutes after Lautaro Martínez’s brilliant, volleyed 78th-minute equaliser from a corner.

Shusaku Nishikawa scored early from open play for Urawa, who were overwhelmingly on the back foot from there on.

Inter led their Japanese opponents 26-5 in total shots and 4-3 in efforts on target, though their first shot on target did not come until Martínez levelled the affair with his 24th goal in all competitions this season.

Against the run of play, Watanabe put Urawa in front in the 11th minute. Takuro Kaneko created the opportunity with a wonderful slaloming run from the right into the penalty area that split two Inter defenders, before dragging a cross back toward the penalty spot. Watanabe met it with a first-time, side-footed shot that deflected off another defender, wrongfooting the goalkeeper, Yann Sommer, on its way into the bottom corner.

It was Urawa’s only shot through the first hour. But Inter failed to test Nishikawa over the same stretch despite registering a dozen attempts of their own. In the end, Urawa could not keep them at bay.