DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) – Borussia Dortmund ahead Erling Haaland ended his Bundesliga objective drought with a double after teenager Tom Rothe opened the scoring on his league debut as they thumped VfL Wolfsburg 6-1 in a ruthless show on the Signal Iduna Park stadium on Saturday.
Axel Witsel, Manuel Akanji and Emre Can additionally scored as Marco Rose’s second-placed aspect closed the gap on Bayern Munich earlier than subsequent weekend’s Der Klassiker, though the leaders can restore a nine-point benefit at Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday.
Dortmund went forward within the Twenty fourth-minute as 17-year-old Rothe met a nook with a glancing header that crept in, shortly after house goalkeeper Gregor Kobel had produced an excellent save to disclaim Wolfsburg’s Lukas Nmecha on the different finish.
Witsel doubled Dortmund’s benefit two minutes later with a neat left-footed end contained in the field following a fast counter, earlier than Akanji made it 3-0 by guiding a free kick from Marco Reus previous Koen Casteels within the twenty eighth.
Can heaped extra distress on Wolfsburg’s leaky defence with a fourth from distance after 35 minutes earlier than Haaland ended his five-match goalless run within the league by sweeping house a cross by Reus within the thirty eighth following a superb collective effort.
Dortmund continued to threaten after the break and Haaland doubled his tally with a blistering effort after 54 minutes following one other slick workforce transfer earlier than Wolfsburg pulled one again via Ridle Baku 9 minutes from the top.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken Ferris)
