Sebastien Haller topped his current return from testicular most cancers with an emotional objective for Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, as Union Berlin knocked Bayern Munich off the highest of the Bundesliga with a dramatic late win over Mainz. Six months after a shock analysis which noticed him miss the whole first half of the season, Haller lastly opened his account for the membership he joined final summer season. The Ivory Coast worldwide’s second-half header prompted wild celebrations amongst his workforce mates and helped Dortmund to a 5-1 win over Freiburg which stored them inside two factors of leaders Union.
“I’ve been waiting for this moment since day one. When I scored the goal, it felt like the whole stadium was on fire,” Haller informed Sky.
“I am happy, but the way is still long, so we will keep walking and hope for more goals,” he added.
Freiburg had been diminished to 10 males early within the first half after French full-back Kiliann Sildillia was booked twice within the house of two minutes.
Former Freiburg participant Nico Schlotterbeck then heaped extra distress onto his outdated membership, his low snapshot beating goalkeeper Mark Flekken on the close to submit to provide Dortmund the lead.
Schlotterbeck and Niklas Suele handed Freiburg a lifeline with some farcical defending on the stroke of half-time, permitting Lucas Hoeler to brush in an sudden equaliser.
Yet Karim Adeyemi wriggled his manner via the Freiburg field to revive the lead with a neat end early within the second half, earlier than targets from Haller, Julian Brandt and Giovanni Reyna accomplished the rout.
Meanwhile within the capital, Union Berlin had been engaged on their very own fairytale as a late winner from US worldwide Jordan Siebatcheu despatched the high-flying minnows prime of the desk.
‘Ironic’
Former Union participant Marcus Ingvartsen had cancelled out Kevin Behrens’ first-half opener with a late penalty, however the Berliners rallied to say a fourth straight win in 2023.
The win had Union followers singing about successful the title, however captain Christopher Trimmel stated his facet had been holding their ft on the bottom.
“I was singing along, but only ironically,” he informed Sky.
“There’s still a long way to go this season and we are not going to start talking about the title,
Eintracht Frankfurt also remained within four points of the top as France forward Randal Kolo Muani ran riot in a 3-0 win over hapless Hertha Berlin.
Having put Frankfurt ahead from the penalty spot, Kolo Muani ghosted through the Hertha back line to make it 2-0 before the half-hour mark, before Aurelio Buta added a third on the stroke of full time.
RB Leipzig’s 0-0 draw at Cologne meant that Frankfurt remain a point adrift of the Champions League places in fifth.
Hertha have slumped to four straight defeats since the beginning of 2023, and are now five points adrift of safety after fellow strugglers Bochum cruised to a 5-2 win over Hoffenheim.
Philipp Hofmann gave Bochum a deserved lead with a tap-in before Philipp Foerster and Takuma Asano confirmed up a dull Hoffenheim defence to make it 3-0 by half-time.
Erhan Masovic and Moritz Broschinski added two extra for Bochum after the break, with Christoph Baumgartner and Munas Dabbur grabbing comfort targets for the guests.
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