Borussia Dortmund climbed to the highest of the Bundesliga after demolishing Cologne 6-1 on Saturday, with Sébastien Haller and captain Marco Reus each scoring two times. Dortmund underlined their name ambitions by means of blowing away their warring parties all through an explosive four-goal first part efficiency at house.
Dortmund at the moment are on 53 issues, one forward of Bayern Munich who face Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday.
Raphaël Guerreiro opened Dortmund’s account within the fifteenth minute after excellent paintings down the wing from Donyell Malen. Haller then thundered in after a snappy passing transfer two mins later. With Cologne taking part in catch-up it was once just a subject of time till Dortmund scored once more and Reus rifled beautifully in simply after part an hour earlier than Malen scored with an impressive shot that keeper Marvin Schwäbe may just no longer stay out.
Cologne in short got here up for air within the forty second minute when Davie Selke lower the deficit however in spite of a slower tempo after the spoil Dortmund nonetheless struck two times in two mins. Haller tucked in his 2d target after a Mahmoud Dahoud free-kick bounced off the bar and Reus scored his one hundred and fiftieth Bundesliga target within the seventieth.
RB Leipzig suffered a surprise 1-0 loss to the strugglers Bochum to depart them 8 issues in the back of Dortmund 4 days after their Champions League go out.
Bochum grabbed the winner 3 mins after the restart when Leipzig keeper Janis Blaswich parried a Takuma Asano header into the trail of Erhan Masovic, who was once left with a easy header into the online. Leipzig will have to had been leveled simply earlier than the hour. André Silva, then again, squandered two gilt-edged probabilities, together with a easy tap-in on the a long way put up.
Bochum keeper Manuel Riemann then tipped an Emil Forsberg header over the bar earlier than denying Dani Olmo from shut vary in stoppage time however Leipzig’s easiest probability fell to Silva who hit the put up after a solo effort. Leipzig are on 45 issues in 3rd position whilst Bochum transfer as much as 14th on 25 issues.
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