After an unconvincing start to the season, Borussia Dortmund can close to within two points of Bayern Munich with a win over Nuremberg. Captain Marco Reus has grabbed his 100th goal for the club as Dortmund dominate.
Match Events
9' GOAL! Dortmund 1-0 Nürnberg (Larsen)
Jacob Bruun Larsen (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Christian Pulisic with a through ball.
13' Dortmund almost make it 2-0!
32' GOAL! Dortmund 2-0 Nurnberg (Reus)
Goal! Borussia Dortmund 2, 1. FC Nürnberg 0. Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Maximilian Philipp.
49' GOAL! Dortmund 3-0 Nurnberg (Hakimi)
Goal! Borussia Dortmund 3, 1. FC Nürnberg 0. Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marco Reus following a fast break.
58' GOAL! Dortmund 4-0 Nurnberg (Reus)
Goal! Borussia Dortmund 4, 1. FC Nürnberg 0. Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jacob Bruun Larsen.
74' GOAL! Dortmund 5-0 Nurnberg (Akanji)
Manuel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
85' GOAL! Dortmund 6-0 Nurnberg (Sancho)
Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thomas Delaney with a through ball.
88' GOAL! Dortmund 6-0 Nurnberg (Weigl)
Julian Weigl (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jadon Sancho.
Match Reports
It's taken a little while, but Lucien Favre's Dortmund finally broke free of the shackles to pummel a shellshocked Nuremberg side at Signal Iduna Park on Wednesday.
A first professional goal from Danish youngster Jacob Bruun Larsen began the rout. Christian Pulisic drove inside and found his fellow 20-year-old with the cutest of flicks. Bruun Larsen had plenty to do but lobbed the keeper from a tight angle to break the deadlock.
Achraf Hakimi and Manuel Akanji's first goals in black and yellow each followed strikes from Marco Reus. The Dortmund skipper's second, a silky sidefoot finish after a smart one-two with Max Philipp, was one of the night's best goals and brought up a century of BVB strikes for the Germany forward.
Reus was removed soon after but there was still time for another electric cameo from Jadon Sancho. The English youngster first found acres of space to finish off a Thomas Delaney through ball before teeing up Julian Weigl for a deflected seventh that ended Nuremberg's misery, for now at least.
The win moves Dortmund up in to a familiar position - second behind Bayern Munich. But the confidence gained in this thrashing may prove more valuable than the boost in goal difference.
Line-ups
Borussia Dortmund XI: A. Witsel, Schmelzer, M. Reus, R. Bürki, T. Delaney, Philipp, M. Akanji, J.B Larsen, Pulisic, A. Hakimi, Zagadou
Subs: Ł. Piszczek, S. Kagawa, Marwin Hitz, Alcácer, Weigl, Dahoud, Sancho
Nürnberg XI: G. Margreitter, Enrico Valentini, H. Behrens, Yuya Kubo, Virgil Misidjan, Bauer, P. Erras, T. Leibold, Fabian Bredlow, L. Mühl, A. Fuchs
Subs: M. Ishak, Lukas Jäger, C. Mathenia, F.Palacios, Matheus Pereira, E. Löwen, T. Knöll
Jhoxua11
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Logan Paul Vlogs
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hope they can do that against bayern 😂