Borussia Dortmund got here from a purpose right down to beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 3-2 on Sunday, maintaining alive their slim hopes of reaching the highest 4. Serhou Guirassy, who scored a hat-trick in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Barcelona, was once more key, scoring one and establishing one other for Dortmund. “We’re much more secure and much more stable — that’s extremely important,” Pascal Gross advised DAZN, including “we’ve got four finals to go”. After a testy opening, Ko Itakura put Gladbach forward after 24 minutes, taking part in a easy one-two with Kevin Stoeger to unlock the Dortmund defence.
Dortmund hit again with three objectives in 9 minutes earlier than half-time.
Chelsea loanee Carney Chukwuemeka threaded the ball to Pascal Gross whose lateral move discovered Guirassy, who swept dwelling.
Chukwuemeka once more began the transfer down the best flank, his move reaching Yan Couto who in flip discovered Felix Nmecha who scored a carbon copy of the opener.
Dortmund turned the screws. Daniel Svensson headed in a rebound from a Guirassy shot simply earlier than half-time.
The guests hit again when Germany striker Tim Kleindienst was felled within the field by Nmecha, with Stoeger making no mistake from the spot.
Dortmund snuffed out the comeback nonetheless and now sit in seventh, 4 factors off fourth place, having been as little as eleventh.
Earlier on Sunday, an exhausted Eintracht Frankfurt fought to a scoreless draw at Augsburg, days after their Europa League quarter-final loss to Tottenham.
Augsburg, who’ve climbed the Bundesliga within the second-half of the season. have been the higher facet however couldn’t break down the heavy-legged guests.
Augsburg peppered Frankfurt’s purpose from a collection of corners to shut the first-half however the guests held agency.
The injection of Ansgar Knauff at half-time gave Frankfurt a lift and the previous Borussia Dortmund winger went shut on 70 minutes, just for Augsburg’s Cedric Zesiger to disclaim him with a last-ditch intervention.
Despite the draw, Frankfurt tightened their grip on third, 4 factors away from fifth-placed Freiburg, and are on the right track for his or her highest league end in three many years.
Finishing within the prime 4 would imply Frankfurt qualify for the fashionable Champions League in simply the second time of their historical past, with the primary coming after profitable the Europa League in 2022. They reached the ultimate of the outdated European Cup in 1960.
The hard-fought draw continued Augsburg’s exceptional file within the calendar 12 months.
Augsburg have misplaced simply one in every of their previous 14 league video games, conceding solely seven objectives in that run.
In the ultimate match of the spherical, defending champions Bayer Leverkusen play at St Pauli.
Leverkusen sit 9 factors behind league leaders Bayern Munich with 4 video games to play and want victory to maintain their hopes alive of catching the Bavarians.
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