Dortmund consolidated on their 2nd place position in the league with an enthralling 3-1 victory over 4th placed Gladbach.
Goals from Marco Reus and Henrik Mikhitariyan on either sides of the halftime gave dortmund a 2-0 leads. But, a resilient fightback from the Gladbach saw them pull one back through Raffael. However, a deft gundogan volley gave Tomas Tuchel's side all 3 points.
Gladbach were thrashed 4-0 by Dortmund in the opening game of the season ,where they looked exposed at the back and were hit on the counter. They seemed to learn from their shortcomings and sat back deep, defended well, and created some good chances.
The best chance for Gladbach in the first half fell to the head of Chelsea Loanee Andreas Christensen who headed wide after being left free in the box from a corner.
Dortmund, especially Aubameyang were wasteful in front of the goal in the opening exchanges, finishing poorly from good crosses by marco reus. Aubameyang failing to add to his 18 league goals and eventually being substituted in the 2nd half.
As the first half went on BVB seemed to get into their stride and they made it count in the 32nd minute. Ilkay Gundogan putting Reus through on goal and the German finished incisively to the bottom left of Yann Sommer's goal.
Dortmund missed a couple more chances in the first half to extend their lead; mikhitariyan shooting wide from an Aubameyang cross.
Gladbach came out in the second half with a higher defensive line and pushed their full backs on in search of a leveller.
A brilliant tackle from Hummels sparked a counter for the away side and it was a 3 on 2 situation for them. Reus found Mikhitariyan free on the left who did not disappoint on this occasion finishing calmly the the keepers left.
There was some hope for the home side after they got a goal back through Brazilian Raffael, resulting from shoddy defending by Dortmund.
Good defensive substitutions by Tuchel bringing on Ginter and Durm stemmed the comeback. A third goal from Gundogan,50th in the league for Dortmund , handed Andre Schubert only his 2nd defeat as Gladbach manager.
The victory sees Dortmund 8 points behind leaders Bayern, thus getting back to winning ways after a shock 2-1 defeat to Cologne before the winter break.
Man of the Match: Ilkay Gundogan.
Goals from Marco Reus and Henrik Mikhitariyan on either sides of the halftime gave dortmund a 2-0 leads. But, a resilient fightback from the Gladbach saw them pull one back through Raffael. However, a deft gundogan volley gave Tomas Tuchel's side all 3 points.
Gladbach were thrashed 4-0 by Dortmund in the opening game of the season ,where they looked exposed at the back and were hit on the counter. They seemed to learn from their shortcomings and sat back deep, defended well, and created some good chances.
The best chance for Gladbach in the first half fell to the head of Chelsea Loanee Andreas Christensen who headed wide after being left free in the box from a corner.
Dortmund, especially Aubameyang were wasteful in front of the goal in the opening exchanges, finishing poorly from good crosses by marco reus. Aubameyang failing to add to his 18 league goals and eventually being substituted in the 2nd half.
As the first half went on BVB seemed to get into their stride and they made it count in the 32nd minute. Ilkay Gundogan putting Reus through on goal and the German finished incisively to the bottom left of Yann Sommer's goal.
Dortmund missed a couple more chances in the first half to extend their lead; mikhitariyan shooting wide from an Aubameyang cross.
Gladbach came out in the second half with a higher defensive line and pushed their full backs on in search of a leveller.
A brilliant tackle from Hummels sparked a counter for the away side and it was a 3 on 2 situation for them. Reus found Mikhitariyan free on the left who did not disappoint on this occasion finishing calmly the the keepers left.
There was some hope for the home side after they got a goal back through Brazilian Raffael, resulting from shoddy defending by Dortmund.
Good defensive substitutions by Tuchel bringing on Ginter and Durm stemmed the comeback. A third goal from Gundogan,50th in the league for Dortmund , handed Andre Schubert only his 2nd defeat as Gladbach manager.
The victory sees Dortmund 8 points behind leaders Bayern, thus getting back to winning ways after a shock 2-1 defeat to Cologne before the winter break.
Man of the Match: Ilkay Gundogan.
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