By Daily Sports on March 8, 2020
An inspired performance by Thorgan Hazard against his former club helped Borussia Dortmund claim a crucial three points in the title race with a 2-1 win away at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday.
The match was tense throughout and featured a Bundesliga season-high 10 yellow cards, with players from both teams needing to be pulled away from each other by Dortmund coach Lucien Favre at fulltime.
The home side started the game stronger, before ex-Gladbach midfielder Hazard took a pass from Erling Braut Haaland and shrugged off three defenders to curl a floating shot into the top left-hand corner of the net.
Gladbach equalised in the 50th minute when Lars Stindl tapped in a shot from Alassane Plea to score his fifth goal from his past four games.
The turning point for Dortmund came in the 66th minute when Jadon Sancho – who started on the bench ahead of Dortmund’s crucial trip to Paris Saint-German in midweek – was introduced.
Sancho’s assist, his 15th of the season, put Achraf Hakimi in acres of space on the right wing, with the Real Madrid loanee beating Yann Sommer through his legs.
The win saw Dortmund leapfrog Leipzig into second place, trailing leaders Bayern Munich by a point.
RB Leipzig dropped points for the second weekend running after labouring to a 0-0 draw at Wolfsburg. (SuperSport)
•PHOTO: Dortmund players
Source Daily Sports
Posted March 8, 2020
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