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Xherdan Shaqiri scored twice as Bayern Munich continued their march towards a 24th Bundesliga title with a 4-0 victory over Freiburg yesterday, while Borussia Dortmund cemented their hold on third spot after also putting four past Eintracht Frankfurt. |
Dante opened the scoring for Bayern at the Allianz Arena with a header on 19 minutes before Shaquri made it 2-0 on the 34th with a fierce shot that took a slight deflection off Oliver Sorg before flying past Oliver Baumann at the near post.
Shaquri netted his second goal of the game seven minutes later while Claudio Pizzarro stroked home a late fourth to move the defending champions on to 59 points, 16 clear of nearest chasers Bayer Leverkusen, who were playing Schalke 04 in a late game.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang netted a brace as Borussia Dortmund also beat Frankfurt 4-0 to stay third, 17 points adrift of the leaders. The Gabon striker opened the scoring on 10 minutes with after being set up by Henrik Mkhitaryan and doubled the home side’s lead 11 minutes later with a close-range effort.
Robert Lewandowski slotted home a penalty shortly after the re-start and Milos Jojic scored just 17 seconds after coming on as a substitute to move Dortmund within a point of Leverkusen.
Bert van Marwijk’s job a coach of SV Hamburg was hanging by a thread as his side stay mired in the relegation zone after substitute Domi Kumbela scored a second-half hat-trick to give bottom club Eintracht Braunschweig a 4-2 win.
It was Hamburg’s seventh defeat in a row and leaves the northern German club second-from-bottom of the table, now just one point clear of Braunschweig.
VfB Stuttgart also remain in deep trouble after a 4-1 loss to Hoffenheim in which Moritz Leitner saw red while Borussia Moenchengladbach and Werder Bremen played out a 1-1 draw.
Mainz defeated Hanover 2-0 in the Bundesliga’s Friday night game while tomorrow, Augsburg entertain Nuremberg and Hertha Berlin take on VfL Wolfsburg.