Dortmund Back on Top as Bayern Munich Stumble

By Daily Sports on March 31, 2019

Paco Alcacer’s stoppage-time brace fired Borussia Dortmund back to the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday with a 2-0 victory over Wolfsburg, ahead of their title-race showdown with Bayern Munich next week.

Bayern coach Niko Kovac said that next Saturday's clash with Dortmund is now a must-win game after his side were held to a 1-1 draw at Freiburg and slipped two points behind their title rivals.

“It is very frustrating because we had done so well to catch up with Dortmund, and now we have to start again,” Kovac told Sky.

“I assume my players know what is at stake next weekend. We have to win now.”

Dortmund survived a tough afternoon at Signal Iduna Park without captain Marco Reus before Alcacer snatched a dramatic victory.

Reus missed the game to be at the birth of his first child, and Dortmund toiled against Wolfsburg’s energetic pressing in his absence. Yet Alcacer’s starring role saw them reclaim top spot as Bayern slipped in the Black Forest.

“We always believed we were going to score,” Dortmund’s Mario Goetze told Sky. “It wasn’t easy, and we were a bit fortunate, but it shows the quality we have.”

Freiburg took the lead after just three minutes. Lucas Hoeler, who scored a late equaliser in Munich in November, towered over Mats Hummels to head in Christian Guenter’s cross.

Yet the champions hit back 20 minutes later, Robert Lewandowski hooking in the equaliser with an elegant finish. Lewandowski hit the post in added time but Bayern could not force a winner.

“We’re very happy that we are back on top, and it’s a good feeling to be flying to Munich as league leaders,” Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc told Sky. (SuperSport)

•Photo shows Dortmund players 

Source Daily Sports

Posted March 31, 2019


 

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