Lucas Barrios struck twice as Borussia Dortmund rallied to a 4-1 victory over Hanover 96 on Saturday and retained a seven-point Bundesliga lead.Mario Goetze's super solo, Barrios' double in the 64th and 73rd, and Kevin Grosskreutz turned around a game that Hanover led from Mohammed Abdellaoue in the 56th.
Dortmund have 65 points and Bayer Leverkusen are on 58 after
a late 1-0 win at lowly Kaiserslautern. Champions Bayern Munich (51) moved past Hanover (50) into third place for Champions League qualifying from Arjen Robben's 1-0 winner against bottom side Borussia Moenchengladbach.
"This was a very important victory for us," said Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp.
Dortmund had seen their lead trimmed from 12 to seven points in the past four weeks and seemed to be facing more trouble when the season's surprise team Hanover took the lead, Abdellaoue given the easiest tap-in off a corner kick at the far left post in the 56th.
However, Dortmund turned the match within eight minutes en route to their first win in three games.
The teenager Goetze ran past four defenders and beat Florian Fromlowitz for the equalizer in the 59th and Barrios' thumping header off Nuri Sahin's cross made it 2-1 in the 64th.
Barrios got his second from inside the area nine minutes later and Grosskreutz wrapped up matters in the 83rd as Dortmund now appear firmly on track again towards a first league title since 2002.
"To come back in such a way is very important. I am proud of the boys. Of course we know that we are in the deciding stages of the season," said Klopp.
Leverkusen, playing the first game since their coach Jupp Heynckes agreed to move on to Munich next season, struggled for a long time in Kaiserslautern until Sidney Sam broke the deadlock in the 74th minute.
Heynckes' future club Munich left it even later against Moenchengladbach as Robben's winner from short range after a one-two with Franck Ribery came with 13 minutes remaining.
"It was not our best game but very important to win," said Munich coach Louis van Gaal, looking at the club's big aim of making the next Champions League.
Elsewhere, Werder Bremen were held 1-1 by VfB Stuttgart in a duel of struggling teams, a result that helped neither side.
Fifth-placed Mainz and Freiburg also drew 1-1, while Hoffenheim and SV Hamburg played to a goalless draw in a dull mid-table affair.
The Sunday games are Cologne v Nuremberg and Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt.
Friday's game between St Pauli and Schalke was abandoned in the 88th minute when a linesman was hit in the neck by a full cup of beer thrown from the main stand in the Hamburg club's stadium.
Schalke led 2-0 at the time and are expected to be declared winners once the German football federation completes its probe to start early next week. A suspect has been identified and struggling St Pauli face a fine and possibly a home game between closed doors.
Dortmund have 65 points and Bayer Leverkusen are on 58 after
a late 1-0 win at lowly Kaiserslautern. Champions Bayern Munich (51) moved past Hanover (50) into third place for Champions League qualifying from Arjen Robben's 1-0 winner against bottom side Borussia Moenchengladbach.
"This was a very important victory for us," said Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp.
Dortmund had seen their lead trimmed from 12 to seven points in the past four weeks and seemed to be facing more trouble when the season's surprise team Hanover took the lead, Abdellaoue given the easiest tap-in off a corner kick at the far left post in the 56th.
However, Dortmund turned the match within eight minutes en route to their first win in three games.
The teenager Goetze ran past four defenders and beat Florian Fromlowitz for the equalizer in the 59th and Barrios' thumping header off Nuri Sahin's cross made it 2-1 in the 64th.
Barrios got his second from inside the area nine minutes later and Grosskreutz wrapped up matters in the 83rd as Dortmund now appear firmly on track again towards a first league title since 2002.
"To come back in such a way is very important. I am proud of the boys. Of course we know that we are in the deciding stages of the season," said Klopp.
Leverkusen, playing the first game since their coach Jupp Heynckes agreed to move on to Munich next season, struggled for a long time in Kaiserslautern until Sidney Sam broke the deadlock in the 74th minute.
Heynckes' future club Munich left it even later against Moenchengladbach as Robben's winner from short range after a one-two with Franck Ribery came with 13 minutes remaining.
"It was not our best game but very important to win," said Munich coach Louis van Gaal, looking at the club's big aim of making the next Champions League.
Elsewhere, Werder Bremen were held 1-1 by VfB Stuttgart in a duel of struggling teams, a result that helped neither side.
Fifth-placed Mainz and Freiburg also drew 1-1, while Hoffenheim and SV Hamburg played to a goalless draw in a dull mid-table affair.
The Sunday games are Cologne v Nuremberg and Wolfsburg v Eintracht Frankfurt.
Friday's game between St Pauli and Schalke was abandoned in the 88th minute when a linesman was hit in the neck by a full cup of beer thrown from the main stand in the Hamburg club's stadium.
Schalke led 2-0 at the time and are expected to be declared winners once the German football federation completes its probe to start early next week. A suspect has been identified and struggling St Pauli face a fine and possibly a home game between closed doors.
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire