Immediately upon his return after a three-week forced break, Erling Haaland comes up trumps - again.
Thanks to the Norwegian’s two goals in the 3-1 win over FSV Mainz, Borussia Dortmund remains on course.
That encourages the trip to Amsterdam.
Dortmund - what a comeback! After the 3: 1 (1: 0) over FSV Mainz 05 and Borussia Dortmund's jump to first place in the table, Erling Haaland enjoyed the ovations of the fans to the full. With a big grin, the two-time BVB goalscorer took a selfie with a speedster running onto the lawn and generously gave him his jersey. “We missed him. Just that he's there is important to us because he always ties two players, "enthused BVB captain Marco Reus at Sky," then to score two more goals on the comeback is great. "
After a compulsory three-week break, the 21-year-old Norwegian, who had recovered from a thigh contusion, stole the show from his congenial teammate Reus, who had made it 1-0 in the third minute with a magic goal from 15 meters into the corner of the goal. Haaland's penalty goal (54th) and his last-minute goal in stoppage time (90th + 4) contributed to the fact that his team ranked two points in the table for at least one day before the previous leader FC Bayern Munich, who was on Sunday is facing a difficult task in the league summit with the same point pursuer from Leverkusen.
Marco Rose would have loved to replace the striker with a view to the difficult Champions League game three days later at Ajax Amsterdam, but let him play through to the end. “It would have been very good if we could have taken it out sooner. But he always scores a goal in the 95th minute, which can help you, "commented the Dortmund coach," and we also need him back as a free man with standards. "
Despite all the satisfaction with the good start to the season so far, Rose also had reason to complain.
Even in the eighth game of the season, his team was not without conceding a goal.
Therefore, after the goal of Mainz substitute Jonathan Burkardt in the 87th minute, the tremor started again, which only Haaland ended with his ninth goal of the season.
“After the 2-0 win, we actually had the necessary calm.
But at the back we make it difficult again.
It is unnecessary that we have to keep talking about this topic, ”complained the coach, referring to the continued vulnerability of the BVB defense.
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But Dortmund's weakness went unpunished because the Mainz team gave up their respect for the favorite too late in front of 63,812 spectators in Signal Iduna Park and therefore deservedly left the place for the third time in a row without a point.
“Only gradually did we dare to do something,” said sports director Martin Schmidt.
Coach Bo Svensson saw it similarly: “We don't play what we need to play in the Bundesliga for over 90 minutes.
We're trying to learn from this game and do better against Augsburg. ”Dpa