BERLIN (Reuters) – Borussia Dortmund closed the hole on leaders Bayern Munich at the highest of the Bundesliga to six factors after Marcos Reus’ double impressed the title chasers to a 3-0 win at Union Berlin on Sunday.
Without high goalscorer Erling Haaland by means of harm, captain Reus settled any Dortmund nerves in aftermath of the 5-2 thrashing at the arms of Bayer Leverkusen final outing, drilling the guests in entrance within the 18th minute.
Reus then put Dortmund firmly in command within the capital seven minutes later, after rounding the goalkeeper and slotting house the second.
Having remained in management for almost all of the second half, Raphael Guerreiro poked house a late third to ensure of the win for the guests.
Bayern’s shock 4-2 defeat by VfL Bochum on Saturday opened the door for second-positioned Dortmund, who took full benefit to preserve the title race alive on 46 factors from 22 matches performed, six factors off the champions.
This season’s shock package deal Union by no means actually acquired going, with a second successive defeat that means they drop to sixth within the standings.
(Reporting by Peter Hall; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
