Dortmund Suffer Loss In Six-Goal Thriller
23 January, 2021
Bundesliga
Result: Borussia Monchengladbach 4-2 Borussia Dortmund
Date: 22 January 2021
Venue: Borussia-Park
Borussia Dortmund slipped to fifth found in the Bundesliga after a 4-2 damage to Borussia Monchengladbach found in the Borussen Derby on Fri evening.
Dortmund made two alterations from the defeat at Bayer Leverkusen, while Emre Can was recalled alongside a rare start for Morey Bauza in right-back even while Gladbach were bolstered by the come back of Ramy Bensabaini, Denis Zakaria and Lars Stindl.
Florian Neuhaus thought he previously given the hosts a goal start just after firing them ahead in the next minute with a strike from the edge of the container but the goal was first disallowed by the Video recording Associate Referee (VAR) for a foul in the build-up.
Nico Elvedi finally gave Gladbach the business lead found in the 11th minute with a powerful header inside box after a good cross by Jonas Hofmann from a good free-kick situation.
Erling Haaland levelled issues for Edin Terzic's charges in the 22nd minute with a strike from a good angle in the box following a through ball simply by Jadon Sancho.
Haaland and Sancho combined again to good effect six minutes later on, seeing that the Norwegian gave Dortmund a good 2-1 lead with a powerful drive inside box after acquiring the Englishman's spread his stride.
Elvedi responded for Marco Rose's men four a few minutes later while he equalised with a good close-range hit after latching onto a rebound inside the box to complete his brace.
Gladbach had another great start in the second stanza as Bensebaini put the house side ahead four a few minutes after the break after heading on a solo-go before drilling a hit in to the bottom corner.
The hosts were locating the better chances from then on, as Marcus Thuram eventually managed to get 4-2 within the last 12 minutes with a robust header from Neuhaus' corner.
Gladbach continued putting Dortmund under pressure, obtaining the better chances nonetheless they did enough ultimately to clinch a great emphatic 4-2 triumph that found them leapfrog fifth-placed BVB in fourth spot by several points.
Source: www.soccerladuma.co.za