indo-asian news service
Dortmund, Nov 9: Borussia Dortmund overpowered a resilient Schalke 3-2 at the 147th ‘Revierderby’ and SV Werder Bremen increased Augsburg’s relegation worries to conclude the 12th round in Bundesliga.
Dortmund Sunday reaped their seventh straight win with a 3-2 victory over Schalke in a fast-paced seesaw encounter here. Meanwhile, the ‘Royal Blues’ remain winless in their sixth game in a row.
Dortmund took charge from the kick-off against the passive visitors from Schalke, who lurked for counter-attacks. Schalke were able to keep Dortmund at a distance until the half-hour mark before Matthias Ginter’s pinpoint cross into the centre of the box found Shinji Kagawa, who headed home the opener.
It was short-lived joy for the hosts as Schalke bounced back only three minutes later with Klaas-Jan Huntelaar tapping home Leroy Sane’s square pass to restore parity.
However, Dortmund remained in control of the proceedings and grabbed the lead for a second time thanks to Ginter who got his name on the scoreboard after heading home Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s corner kick in the 43rd minute.
The ‘BVB’ continued their powerful performance after the restart and got rewarded with the 3-1 lead as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang capitalised on a through ball by Gonzalo Castro to establish a two-goal lead for the hosts. Schalke’s custodian Ralf Faehrmann kept his side in the game as he denied promising chances by Ilkay Guendogan and Aubameyang.
The visitors pulled themselves together and reduced the arrears out of the blue. Huntelaar made use of Mats Hummel’s moment of madness inside the box, allowing the Dutchman to lift the ball into the goal in the 72nd minute.
The visitors nearly restored parity but Pierre-Emile Hoejbjerg’s low shot rattled only the right post in the closing period.
Elsewhere, Bremen edged last placed Augsburg 2-1 with two second-half goals.
