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German Bundesliga – Borussia Dortmund x Wolfsburg
German Bundesliga – Borussia Dortmund x Wolfsburg
German Bundesliga – Borussia Dortmund x Wolfsburg
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Football – Bundesliga – Borussia Dortmund – Wolfsburg – Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany – April 16, 2022 Erling Braut Haaland of Borussia Dortmund celebrates with Axel Witsel’s second goal.
Dortmund, April 17 (BNA): Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland ended the drought with his Bundesliga goal with a double after young Tom Roth opened the scoring on his debut in the league as he beat Wolfsburg 6-1 in a tough show at Signal Iduna Park. Playground.
Axel Witsel, Manuel Akanji and Emre Can also scored as second-placed Marco Rose’s side close the gap with Bayern Munich before next weekend’s Der Classicer, although the leaders can regain a nine-point advantage in Armenia Bielefeld on Sunday.
“We had a good feeling before the game, today everything was fine,” Rose told Sky Sports. “After he’s scored six goals, Easter is a good time to celebrate at home.”
Speaking to reporters later, Rose praised Norway’s Haaland for playing despite the pain in his leg.
Dortmund took the lead in the 24th minute as 17-year-old Ruth faced a corner kick that slipped, shortly after goalkeeper Gregor Kopel saved a powerful kick to deny Wolfsburg’s Lukas Nemica from the other end, according to Reuters reports.
Witsel doubled Dortmund’s advantage two minutes later with a neat left-footed finish inside the penalty area after a quick reply, before Akanji made it 3-0 with a Marco Reus free kick past Koen Casteels on the 28th.
More misery could befall Wolfsburg’s leaky defense with a fourth goal from 35 minutes before Haaland ended his five-game campaign without goals in the league with a sweeping pass to Reuss in the 38th minute after a superb team effort.
“I think we had problems with ourselves in the first few minutes,” said Rios. “However, we took the initiative and gradually entered the match. We found better options and were tougher.”
Dortmund continued to threaten after the break and Haaland doubled his tally with a stunning effort after 54 minutes after another great team moved before Wolfsburg pulled the difference through Riddle Baku nine minutes from the end.