A second of improvisation from Julian Brandt earned Borussia Dortmund a 1-0 win at struggling TSG Hoffenheim on Saturday, sending Edin Terzic’s aspect three factors clear on the high of the Bundesliga standings.
Brandt scored within the forty third minute after he was fouled vast on the left. Marco Reus swung within the ensuing free kick and Brandt ducked underneath the ball on the close to put up, letting it bounce off his again and in previous Oliver Baumann within the Hoffenheim purpose.
Dortmund full-back Marius Wolf thought he had doubled the lead within the 56th minute when he powered an unstoppable shot previous Baumann, however the purpose was disallowed after a VAR test for a foul on Hoffenheim’s Ihlas Bebou within the build-up.
Dortmund’s eighth league win in a row moved it on to 46 factors, three forward of each second-placed Bayern Munich and third-placed Union Berlin, who play one another on Sunday.
Struggling Hoffenheim, who introduced in Pellegrino Matarazzo as supervisor earlier this month after sacking Andre Breitenreiter, is sixteenth within the desk on 19 factors, within the relegation play-off place, after its fifth league defeat in a row.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com