DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) -RB Leipzig’s Konrad Laimer scored twice and arrange a 3rd aim for a shocking 4-1 victory at second-placed Borussia Dortmund on Saturday that all but killed off the hosts’ slim title hopes.
The end result left Dortmund 9 factors behind leaders Bayern Munich, 4-1 winners at Freiburg, with six video games remaining.
Leipzig, who tightened their maintain on fourth place on 48 factors, struck towards the run of play when Laimer chipped the ball over keeper Gregor Kobel within the twenty first minute to shock the primary sold-out crowd within the Signal Iduna Park in additional than two years.
What was to be an enormous soccer celebration for the hosts, with prime striker Erling Haaland within the beginning line-up and in entrance of 81,000 followers, was a nightmare when Austria worldwide Laimer added a second with a deflected shot 10 minutes later.
Frustrated Dortmund, who had a few golden possibilities early within the first half with Marco Reus and Haaland, couldn’t discover a response after the break. Haaland, who had suffered an ankle harm earlier within the week whereas on worldwide obligation with Norway, was removed from his greatest.
“We began nicely within the sport, had an enormous likelihood for a 1-0. Then we misplaced possession… and it is 1-0. Then we concede a deflected second aim,” stated Dortmund coach Marco Rose.
“We let in a 3rd, crushed on the break, after which ultimately a 4-1 is an excessive amount of. They have been extra environment friendly in assault and defence. We mustn’t discuss in regards to the title now. Now we’d like to analyse what occurred and go to VfB Stuttgart on Friday subsequent week and get factors.”
Leipzig killed off the sport when Christopher Nkunku, arrange by a Laimer backheel, accomplished an excellent assault to make it 3-0 within the 58th.
Substitute Donyell Malen managed to briefly reduce the deficit within the 84th with a header on the far submit but Leipzig responded two minutes later with Dani Olmo’s well-placed shot from outdoors the field to seal an emphatic victory.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, enhancing by Pritha Sarkar)
