DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) – Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland snapped a two-game objective drought to attain twice whereas fullback Thomas Meunier added two extra as their aspect hammered visiting Freiburg 5-1 on Friday to maneuver inside hanging distance of leaders Bayern Munich.
Fullback Meunier powered dwelling a header on the close to submit from a Julian Brandt nook after 14 minutes and doubled the lead within the twenty ninth, nodding in one other Brandt nook. He had solely scored as soon as earlier than within the Bundesliga since becoming a member of in 2020.
Haaland then bought in on the motion, shortly peeling away from crew mate Jude Bellingham to race into the field, latch onto a wonderfully timed by way of ball from the England worldwide and faucet in Dortmund’s third objective on the stroke of halftime.
The Norwegian bagged his second within the seventy fifth — his fifty fifth objective in 56 Bundesliga matches — after Ermedin Demirovic had pulled a objective again for the guests simply previous the hour.
Mahmoud Dahoud capped a dominant Dortmund show with a robust shot within the 86th.
Dortmund have 40 factors in second place, three behind Bayern who go to Cologne on Saturday. Freiburg keep fourth on 30.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Ken Ferris)
