The Dutch striker equalized 10 minutes into the second half after the referee deemed Mats Hummels to have fouled Malik Tillman inside the penalty box.
Donyell Malen had put Dortmund ahead in the first half when his shot deflected off the crossbar and into the goal.
The second leg will take place in Dortmund on March 13.
PSV had better chances early on in what was an open first half, but failed to capitalize. Tillman wasted the best of them when he shot wide from De Jong’s clever pass.
They paid the price when Malen, who moved from PSV to Dortmund in the summer of 2021, collected the ball outside the penalty area, dribbled past a defender to create space, and unleashed a powerful shot that deflected in off the underside of the crossbar.
It was Malen’s first Champions League goal since 2021 and the first ever by a Dutch player against a Dutch team in the knockout stages of the competition.
The home team pushed for an equalizer and Johan Bakayoko missed another good chance when he scuffed his shot wide from Hirving Lozano’s cross before halftime.
The home team came out attacking again at the start of the second half, and when Hummels brought down Tillman, despite the defender’s protests that he touched the ball, De Jong leveled the score from the penalty spot.z z z z z z z z z
PSV seemed more likely to score a winning goal in their first Champions League knockout game since the 2015-16 season but had to settle for a draw that extended their unbeaten home record to 31 games.
However, Edin Terzic’s Dortmund also have a strong home record – they have not lost at Signal Iduna Park in this competition since November 2021 – and hope that a performance in line with that record will see them through to the second leg next month.
