Borussia Dortmund climbed to the highest of the Bundesliga standings after demolishing guests Cologne 6-1 on Saturday, with Sebastien Haller and captain Marco Reus each scoring twice.
The Ruhr valley membership, who final gained the Bundesliga title underneath then coach Juergen Klopp in 2012, underlined their title ambitions by blowing away their opponents throughout an explosive four-goal first half efficiency.
Dortmund are actually on 53 factors, one forward of Bayern Munich who’re in motion on Sunday towards Bayer Leverkusen. RB Leipzig are third on 45 following their shock 1-0 loss to struggling VfL Bochum.
Raphael Guerreiro, heading in the right direction final week towards Schalke as effectively, opened Dortmund’s account within the fifteenth minute after excellent work down the wing from Donyell Malen.
Ivory Coast striker Haller, again to full health after present process most cancers therapy earlier within the season, thundered in after a fast passing transfer two minutes later.
With Cologne enjoying catch-up it was solely a matter of time till Dortmund scored once more and Reus beautifully rifled in simply after half an hour earlier than Malen additionally received on the scoresheet with a strong shot that keeper Marvin Schwaebe couldn’t preserve out.
Cologne briefly got here up for air within the forty second when Davie Selke minimize the deficit along with his first aim for the membership however regardless of a slower tempo after the break Dortmund nonetheless struck twice in two minutes.
Haller tucked in his second aim after a Mo Dahoud free kick bounced off the bar and Reus made it 150 Bundesliga targets and a complete of 161 targets in all competitions for the membership within the seventieth.
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