Borussia Dortmund beat Hoffenehim to close the gap to Bayern Munich

Hoffenheim 2-3 Borussia Dortmund: Erling Haaland and Marco Reus find the net as Dortmund edge a five-goal thriller to move to within three points of Bayern Munich

  • Erling Haaland and Marco Reus scored Borussia Dortmund’s opening two goals
  • A David Raum own goal turned out to be the decisive strike in the game
  • Andrej Kramaric and Georginio Rutter scored for the hosts but it wasn’t enough
  • Dortmund remain second, but are now just three points behind Bayern Munich 

Borussia Dortmund battled to a 3-2 victory at European hopefuls Hoffenheim on Saturday to close in on leaders Bayern Munich as striker Erling Haaland made it 56 goals in 57 Bundesliga games for the Ruhr valley club.

The win lifted second-placed Dortmund to 43 points, three behind Bayern, who face Hertha in Berlin on Sunday.

Dortmund, looking to make it three wins out of three league games this year, got off to a strong start and Haaland tapped in for the lead in the sixth minute from Donyell Malen’s first of three goal assists.

Erling Haaland taps home from close range to put Borussia Dortmund in front 

MATCH FACTS

Hoffenheim (3-5-2): Baumann; Richards, Vogt, Huebner (Nordtveit 62); Bebou, Baumgartner (Rutter 9), Geiger (Rudy 62), Stiller, Raum (Bruun Larsen (83); Dabbur, Kramaric

Scorers: Kramaric, Rutter

Booked: Rudy, Dabbur

Sent off: None

Manager: Sebastian Hoeneß

Borussia Dortmund (4-3-3): Kobel; Wolf (Zagadou 56), Akanji (Pongracic 83), Hummels, Guerreiro; Brandt (Hazard 56), Dahoud, Bellingham; Reus, Haaland (Witsel 63), Malen (Moukoko 83)

Scorers: Haaland, Reus, Raum OG

Booked: Hummels, Bellingham

Sent off: None

Manager: Marco Rose 

 

 

Haaland, who had to be taken off injured in the 63rd, has scored 16 times in the league this season.

Andrej Kramaric’s sensational volley in first half stoppage time drew the hosts level but the visitors struck again in the 58th minute with Marco Reus completing a quickfire passing move with a deft finish.

Andrej Kramaric (R) celebrates putting Hoffenheim back on level terms just before half time

Marco Reus celebrates his second half goal, putting Dortmund on their way to a vital win

Hoffenheim’s afternoon took a further turn for the worse when David Raum drilled the ball into his own net attempting to clear a Malen cutback to give Dortmund a two-goal lead.

Hoffenheim, battling for a Champions League spot this season, got back into the mix when Georgionio Rutter caught the defence napping to latch onto a clever Munas Dabbour chip and slot in, but they eventually ran out of time.

Hoffenheim dropped to sixth on 31 points. Bayer Leverkusen stayed in third on 35 with a 5-1 demolition of Augsburg courtesy of a Moussa Diaby hat-trick while Union Berlin climbed to fourth following their 2-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Dortmund’s players celebrate going 3-1 ahead after David Raum’s unfortunate own goal

Georginio Rutter looks to lift the crowd after scoring late on to give Hoffenheim hope




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