Haaland brace helps Dortmund to 4-1 win over Bremen
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Haaland brace takes Dortmund to Champions League quarters (Credit: Borussia Dortmund Twitter). Image Source: IANS News
Berlin, April 19 : Borussia Dortmund rallied back from a goal down to secure a vital 4-1 win over Werder Bremen courtesy of Erling Haaland s first-half brace in the closer of the 29th round.
Bremen caught a bright start on the road as Leonardo Bittencourt ensured the first chance of the game on Sunday after testing Dortmund goalkeeper Marwin Hitz with a long-range attempt in the 5th minute, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Green-Whites were rewarded for their powerful start as Maximilian Eggestein s through ball sent Milot Rashica forward, who shrugged off Mats Hummels before beating Hitz for the opener with 14 minutes played.
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Dortmund profited from fourth-place Eintracht Frankfurt s defeat to Borussia Monchengladbach the day before to move four points behind Frankfurt on Sunday with five games of the season remaining. It was a huge chance for us to come back and we managed that today with the win, Dortmund captain Marco Reus said. Now we have to keep on it.
Dortmund, knocked out of the Champions League in the quarter-finals by Manchester City on Wednesday, also have a German Cup semi-final against second-division Holstein Kiel on May 1.
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Dortmund coach Edin Terzic made two changes from the team that lost 2-1 to City on Wednesday, bringing in Gio Reyna and Julian Brandt for Emre Can and Ansgar Knauff, who dropped to the bench.
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Clinical Bremen beat wasteful Bielefeld 2-0
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Clinical Bremen beat wasteful Bielefeld 2-0 (Credit: Werder Bremen Twitter). Image Source: IANS News
Berlin, March 11 : Werder Bremen scored twice in the second half to beat relegation-threatened Arminia Bielefeld 2-0 in a postponed fixture of the 20th round in the Bundesliga.
Newly promoted Bielefeld remain winless in their seventh straight match after wasting a number of chances. Bremen, on the other hand, were clinical in front of goal to snatch all three points on the road.
The match had been postponed in February due to heavy snowfall in Bielefeld. The hosts started well as they created the first half chances through Amos Pieper and Andreas Voglsammer in the opening stages on Wednesday, Xinhua news reported.
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