Borussia Dortmund ahead Serhou Guirassy broke his goalscoring drought with a late strike in Tuesday’s win over Werder Bremen. Picture: AFP
LONDON:
Serhou Guirassy scored his first league aim since October as Borussia Dortmund beat Werder Bremen 3-0 at dwelling on Tuesday and restore their four-point buffer in second spot.
Nico Schlotterbeck and Marcel Sabitzer scored whereas Guirassy responded to being benched for the primary time this season by tapping in late after Jobe Bellingham pressed Bremen right into a mistake.
Stuttgart’s 3-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt earlier within the night moved the German Cup holders inside a degree however 2024 Champions League finalists Dortmund responded with a managed however unspectacular efficiency.
Schlotterbeck stated Dortmund had been “not good, however on the best path. We have nonetheless bought just a few steps to take, however we’ll try this within the subsequent few weeks.”
Dortmund moved eight factors behind leaders Bayern Munich, who play away at Cologne on Wednesday.
Schlotterbeck, Dortmund’s captain and standout participant this season, put his facet in entrance with a regulation header from a nook 11 minutes in.
The hosts had been sloppy with the ball and disorganised with out it within the opening half, leaving the sector to remoted boos and whistles from the followers, even when Bremen lacked the standard to punish them.
Making his 250th Bundesliga look, Sabitzer put nervy Dortmund two forward with a 76th-minute aim, guiding the ball into the underside left nook.
“Clearly it wasn’t our greatest sport — everybody has the best to react how they like,” Sabitzer advised Sky. “There is no level beating across the bush — clearly it is not what we’re aiming for.”
Benched in favour of former Wolves striker Fabio Silva, Guirassy got here on halfway by the second half and was in the best place to attain when Bellingham gained the ball with seven minutes left.
Stuttgart’s ‘wild’ win
Nikolas Nartey nabbed a late winner and Deniz Undav continued his sizzling type as Stuttgart beat Eintracht Frankfurt at dwelling to climb to 2 spots to 3rd.
“It was wild,” Undav advised Sky Germany of the “spectacular sport”.
“I might have scored 10 targets myself. We might have simply gained 3-1, 4-1.”
Frankfurt have struggled this season after final marketing campaign’s third-placed end, their greatest lead to three a long time.
Rasmus Kristensen related with a nook to place his facet in entrance after 5 minutes, however Frankfurt ushered Stuttgart again into the sport when goalkeeper Kaua Santos spilled a routine catch, permitting Ermedin Demirovic to slice dwelling.
Undav put his facet in entrance 10 minutes earlier than the break, wrong-footing the Frankfurt defence and blasting a low shot which took a thick deflection into the underside nook.
Undav, who has 9 targets and two assists in his previous eight league video games, pressured two desperation saves from Santos and flashed simply huge of the publish within the second half.
Ayoube Amaimouni-Echghouyab levelled three minutes after approaching however his effort was bested by one other debut aim minutes later, when Nartey tapped in from shut vary.
Mainz continued their resurgence beneath new coach Urs Fischer, lifting themselves off the underside of the desk with a 2-1 win over Heidenheim, who changed them in final spot.
Tuesday’s match between Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen was postponed simply two hours earlier than kick-off, the third Bundesliga sport cancelled within the house of per week because of wild winter climate throughout northern Germany.
