Erling Haaland scored twice as Borussia Dortmund beat last-placed Grüther Firth 3-0 on Wednesday, stopping Bayern Munich from extending their Bundesliga lead any additional.
Haaland scored 13 objectives in 10 league appearances to place Dortmund six factors behind Bayern with simply half of the season remaining.
Dortmund needed to wait till the 82nd minute to seal the outcome, nevertheless, with Doniel Malen ending third within the staff.
Dortmund missed an opportunity to take the Bundesliga lead when it misplaced 3-2 to Bayern earlier this month, then misplaced additional floor with a draw at promoted Bochum.
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“It was important to get three points again after the last two games,” mentioned Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel.
Haaland’s Thirty third-minute penalty gave Dortmund a halftime lead towards Firth, who claimed their first win of the season towards Union Berlin on Sunday.
But the guests have been livid earlier than the break when Jude Bellingham escaped with a second yellow card after fouling Max Christiansen. Firth’s coach Stefan Leitel was booked for his opposition.
Dortmund coach Marco Rose dismissed Bellingham at halftime. Bellingham shall be suspended for Saturday’s sport at Hertha Berlin for accumulating 5 yellow playing cards, that means the England worldwide is already on his winter break.
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Firth remained aggressive after the break, when Dortmund supporters, pissed off by his staff’s lack of urgency, blew a number of whistles.
Haaland lastly settled the sport with a full header for a free kick from Julian Brandt. Brandt additionally pitched Malen in third place within the 89th.
Records Console Leverkusen
Bayer Leverkusen returned to a 2–2 draw at Hoffenheim to present a two-goal lead for the second time in as many video games. Leverkusen misplaced 5-2 at Eintracht Frankfurt over the weekend.
Patrick Schick scored twice within the early a part of the season to turn out to be Bayer Leverkusen’s prime scorer with 16 Bundesliga objectives.
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— Bayer 04 Leverkusen (@bayer04_en) December 15, 2021
There was additionally a report for Leverkusen star Florian Wirtz, who grew to become the youngest participant to make 50 appearances within the Bundesliga. At the age of 18 years and 226 days, Wirtz beat American midfielder Gio Reyna’s mark.
But Hoffenheim bounced again with two late objectives in three minutes from Angelo Stiller and Munas Dabber. Leverkusen’s Moussa Diaby was additionally dismissed in damage time.
In addition, a late penalty from Daniele Calighiuri led Augsburg to a 1–1 draw towards Leipzig, whereas Union Berlin and Freiburg drew 0–0.
Gladbach recession continues
A late save from Eintracht Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp ensured that Borussia Mönchengladbach misplaced the Bundesliga for the fourth time in a row.
Trapp stalled Matthias Ginter’s efforts, then Patrick Herrmann gained 3–2 after a frenzied end as Gladbach pushed for an equalizer towards 10 males from Frankfurt. Frankfurt moved as much as seventh place within the video games after the seventeenth spherical.
Gladbach hoped to bounce again after three consecutive heavy losses – a 4–1 loss to Cologne within the Rhine derby, a 6–0 loss at house to Freiburg, then one other 4–1 loss at Leipzig.
But it was clear that coach Adi Hutter’s staff was feeling the stress, regardless of Florian Neuhaus scoring with the sport’s first probability towards Hutter’s former staff within the sixth minute.
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— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) December 15, 2021
Raphael Borey equalized towards the run of play within the forty fifth, arrange on a counterattack by Sebastian Rode, who despatched Jesper Lindström below the suitable of crossing for an unmarked Borey.
Lindström took benefit of a looser protection to beat Frankfurt 2–1 within the fiftieth, 4 minutes earlier than Remi Bensbaini leveled from the penalty spot.
Daiichi Kamada responded straight with Frankfurt’s third as Gladbach’s protection failed.
When Brazilian defender Tuta was despatched off within the seventieth along with his second yellow card, the variety of spectators was decreased to 10. But Trapp and Frankfurt persevered.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
