Dortmund Keep Pressure On Bayern With Thrilling Win
23 January, 2022
Hoffenheim 2-3 Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund moved to within three points of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich after defeating Hoffenheim 3-2 on Saturday evening.
Dortmund took the lead after just six minutes as Erling Haaland finished off a well-worked passing move for his 17th goal of the season.
However, the hosts managed to get back on level terms on the stroke of halftime courtesy of a strike from Andrej Kramaric.
Marco Reus and an own goal from David Raum put Dortmund 3-1 ahead, while while Georginio Rutter's strike proved to be a consolation for Hoffenheim.
Bayer Leverkusen 5-1 Union Berlin
Bayer Leverkusen made it back-to-back wins in the Bundesliga after thrashing Augsburg 5-1 on Saturday afternoon.
Moussa Diaby had a day to remember after bagging a hat-trick while Karim Bellarabi and Lucas Alario also got on the scoresheet.
Freiburg 2-0 Stuttgart
Freiburg boosted their top four push with a 2-0 win over Stuttgart at Europa Park Stadion.
An own goal from Hiroki Ito put the hosts ahead before Kevin Schade wrapped up the win in the 71st minute.
Borussia Monchengladbach 1-2 Union Berlin
Union Berlin moved into fourth spot after defeating Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1 at Borussia Park. Max Kruse bagged a brace with strikes in either half to cancel out Kouadio Kone's solitary first-half goal for Gladbach.
Greuther Furth 2-1 Mainz
Bottom-placed Greuther Furth gave their survival hopes a boost with a 2-1 triumph over Mainz on Saturday afternoon.
Jeremy Dudziak and Stefan Bell's own goal put Furth into a two-goal lead, while Karim Onisiwo bagged a late consolation for Mainz in second-half stoppage time.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za
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