Borussia Dortmund scored twice in five minutes in the second half to come from a goal behind and beat visitors Union Berlin 4-2 on Saturday to climb to second place in the Bundesliga table.
2023/2024 Bundesliga
4-2
Match Report
In a topsy turvy first half Dortmund took a seventh-minute lead with Germany forward Niclas Fuellkrug poking the ball in from close range on the rebound after his header was saved.
The hosts' fans hardly had any time to celebrate, however, as Fuellkrug deflected a Robin Gosens header into his own net two minutes later.
Both teams had a goal disallowed before Union, who have now lost seven consecutive matches across all competitions, turned the game around, scoring with a 31st minute penalty by Leonardo Bonucci.
Defender Nico Schlotterbeck found enough space to move forward and he unleashed an unstoppable shot into the top corner four minutes after the restart.
The comeback was complete in the 54th when Marco Reus launched a counterattack and laid the ball off for substitute Brandt, who had no trouble beating keeper Frederik Ronnow to make it 3-2.
Julian Ryerson's 71st minute shot then took a wicked deflection from Gosens to put the game to bed and stretch Dortmund's unbeaten run in the Bundesliga to 15 consecutive matches.
Line-ups
Dortmund XI: Hummels, Reus, Emre Can, Füllkrug, Wolf, Gregor Kobel, Julian Ryerson, Donyell Malen, Nico Schlotterbeck, Felix Nmecha, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens
Subs: Alexander Meyer, Haller, Sule, Brandt, Özcan, Reyna, Karim Adeyemi, Youssoufa Moukoko, Guille Bueno
Union Berlin XI: Bonucci, Christopher Trimmel, Ronnow, Kevin Behrens, Sheraldo Becker, Haberer, Gosens, Aïssa Laïdouni, Danilho Doekhi, Alex Kral, Diogo Leite
Subs: Volland, Alexander Schwolow, Roussillon, Tousart, Paul Jaeckel, Brenden Aaronson, Benedict Hollerbach, David Datro Fofana, Aljoscha Kemlein