Erling Braut Haaland scored with a surprising lob in his two-goal form on Sunday, helping Borussia Dortmund move to second in the Bundesliga table behind defending champions Bayern Munich with a 4-2 home win at Union Berlin. stopped.
Haaland, 21, chipped the ball over the union goalkeeper from the edge of the field in seven minutes’ time to see Union, who had fought back with a second-half goal.
“Erling is simply a goal-hunting machine. When he sees an opportunity to put the ball into the net, his eyes twinkle and fire burns,” Dortmund defender Matt Hummels told DAZN.
However, the Dortmund defender was less impressed with how the hosts let the union back into the game.
“I was very happy until 3-0, then we let an opponent back into the game that was finished,” he said.
Union striker Taiwo Avonii had the ball in the net after 40 seconds, but Dortmund scored three unanswered goals.
Rafael Guerreiro put Dortmund ahead with a fine opening volley at Signal Iduna Park before Haaland operated in a header.
Union were down 3-0 at the start of the second half when their defender Marvin Friedrich under pressure from Haaland turned the ball into his own net.
However, Germany striker Max Kruse netted a penalty for Union before his replacement Andreas Vogelsmer, with nine minutes remaining, brought the visitors back into the game.
Haaland settled the matter when he saw union goalkeeper Andreas Luthe out of his line and threw the ball across the stretch to throw it into the net.
After scoring a hat-trick in the German Cup this season, and also netting in a Champions League victory at Besitkas on Wednesday, Haaland has scored 11 goals this season, including seven in five league games, making him the Bundesliga’s joint top scorer. Has been made. With Robert Lewandowski.
The Poland striker also netted on Saturday as Bayern Munich rise to the top after beating Bochum 7-0 for the first time this season.
The victory at Union leaves Dortmund in second place on the table, one point behind Bayern, but level with third-placed Wolfsburg, who could take the top spot on Sunday night if they beat Eintracht Frankfurt at home. .
Earlier, teenager Florian Wirtz led Bayer Leverkusen to a 3–1 win in Stuttgart, despite the visitors playing with only 10 men for an hour after Robert Andrich was sent off for a first-half red card. Were.
Wirtz, already a full Germany international, turned 18 last May, scoring home Leverkusen’s third goal to end the Stuttgart fight, when Andrich saw the red after only 30 minutes played.
Leverkusen took a 2–0 lead after goals by Andrich and Patrick Schick, but Stuttgart was pulled back once by Belgium attacking midfielder Orel Mangla, before Wirtz put the winner in 20 minutes from time. Caught you.
The win moved Leverkusen to fourth place in the table, three points behind Bayern, while Stuttgart are in 14th place with only four points from their first five matches.
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