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Seven-up Dortmund keep heat on Bayern Munich
Seven-up Dortmund keep heat on Bayern Munich
September 27, 2018 | 11:37 PM
Teenager Achraf Hakimi scored on debut as Borussia Dortmund waltzed to a 7-0 win over Nuremberg on Wednesday night to keep the heat on Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich. Real Madrid loanee Hakimi, 19, scored Dortmund’s third goal as Lucien Favre’s side obliterated Nuremberg to move to within two points of Bayern in second place.Jacob Bruun Larsen’s stylish finish gave Dortmund the lead early on, the Danish striker latching onto Christian Pulisic’s through ball and lofting the ball over Fabian Bredlow in the Nuremberg goal. Marco Reus doubled the lead on 32 minutes, as his long range effort was deflected past a helpless Bredlow. Hakimi’s moment came just after half-time, as he rounded off a Dortmund counter attack by blasting the ball into the bottom corner from the edge of the box. Reus added another a few minutes later, and Manuel Akanji picked up his first ever Bundesliga goal before substitutes Jadon Sancho and Julian Weigl completed the rout.Borussia Moenchengladbach are among those chasing Dortmund after they battled to a 3-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt to go fourth. Gladbach forced several saves from Kevin Trapp in the first half before Alassane Plea finally broke through in the 56th minute. Thorgan Hazard doubled the lead ten minutes later, and though Ante Rebic’s goal gave Frankfurt a flicker of hope, it was extinguished by Nico Elvedi’s 85th minute header.Bundesliga resultsDusseldorf 1 (Hennings 90+4-pen) Leverkusen 2 (Volland 50, 60); Borussia Dortmund 7 (Bruun Larsen 9, Reus 32, 58, Hakimi 49, Akanji 74, Sancho 85, Weigl 88) Nuremberg 0; RB Leipzig 2 (Orban 45+1, Augustin 80) VfB Stuttgart 0; M’gladbach 3 (Plea 56, T. Hazard 65, Elvedi 85) Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Rebic 73); Mainz 05 0 VfL Wolfsburg 0
September 27, 2018 | 11:37 PM