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Dortmund cruise to victory over local rivals Schalke 04 as Bundesliga resumes
By Rune Gjerulff
Raphael Guerreiro bagged a brace as Borussia Dortmund thumped local rivals Schalke 04 in the Revierderby at Signal Iduna Park. Elsewhere, RB Leipzig were held to a draw by Freiburg.
| Signal Iduna Park. | Photo: Marco Verch, CC BY-SA 2.0 |
Borussia Dortmund cruised to a 4-0 win over local rivals Schalke 04 at an empty Signal Iduna Park as the Bundesliga resumed behind closed doors on Saturday.
Jadon Sancho was left out of the line-up as a precautionary measure after struggling with a muscle problem in the build-up to the game.
With Sancho benched, 17-year-old Giovanni Reyna was set to make his first start for BVB. But after the youngster picked up an injury in warm-up, he was replaced by Thorgan Hazard, who had a hand in the first goal as he set up Erling Haaland's opener after 29 minutes.
Raphael Guerreiro doubled the lead shortly before half-time, rounding off a dominant first-half performance from 'Die Schwarzgelben'.
Shortly after the break, Thorgan Hazard got on the scoresheet himself to make it 3-0 with a great finish before Guerreiro put the ball into the back of the net for the second time with 63 minutes on the clock to secure a 4-0 victory.
With the win, second-placed Dortmund are just one point behind league leaders Bayern München before the reigning champions face Union Berlin on Sunday.
Elsewhere, title contenders RB Leipzig were held to a 1-1 draw at home against Freiburg, who had a goal ruled out for offside in injury time, while Bruno Labbadia got off to a great start as Hertha BSC coach as he watched his side thump Hoffenheim 3-0 away from home.
At WWK Arena, Augsburg were beaten 1-2 by Wolfsburg as Daniel Ginczek scored a late winner while relegation rivals Fortuna Düsseldorf and Paderborn drew 0-0 at Esprit Arena.
| Dortmund | |
|---|---|
| (3-4-2-1) | |
| 1 | R. Bürki |
| 26 | Ł. Piszczek (C) |
| 15 | M. Hummels |
| 16 | M. Akanji |
| 5 | A. Hakimi |
| 6 | T. Delaney ↪68 |
| 8 | M. Dahoud ↪87 |
| 13 | R. Guerreiro ⚽⚽ ↪87 |
| 23 | T. Hazard ⚽ ↪79 |
| 19 | J. Brandt |
| 17 | E. Haaland ⚽ |
| Bench | |
|---|---|
| 35 | M. Hitz |
| 7 | J. Sancho ↩79 |
| 18 | L. Balerdi ↩68 |
| 22 | Mate Morey |
| 29 | M. Schmelzer ↩87 |
| 10 | M. Götze ↩87 |
| 32 | G. Reyna |
| 33 | C. Führich |
| 37 | T. Raschl |
| Schalke 04 | |
|---|---|
| (3-4-3) | |
| 23 | M. Schubert |
| 21 | J. Todibo ↪46 |
| 26 | S. Sané |
| 5 | M. Nastasić |
| 20 | J. Kenny ↪87 |
| 2 | W. McKennie |
| 8 | S. Serdar ↪73 |
| 24 | B. Oczipka |
| 18 | D. Caligiuri (C) ↪76 |
| 9 | B. Raman ↪46 |
| 25 | A. Harit |
| Bench | |
|---|---|
| 35 | A. Nübel |
| 11 | M. Gregoritsch |
| 14 | R. Matondo ↩46 |
| 15 | A. Kutucu |
| 19 | G. Burgstaller ↩46 |
| 3 | J. Miranda ↩76 |
| 31 | T. Becker ↩87 |
| 28 | A. Schöpf ↩73 |
| 37 | M. Mercan |