Haaland brace sinks Fuerth as Dortmund trim Bayern's league lead
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Borussia Dortmund beat Greuther Fuerth 3-0 in the German Bundesliga on Wednesday.
BERLIN (AFP) - Erling Haaland scored twice Wednesday as Borussia Dortmund trimmed Bayern Munich s lead at the top of the Bundesliga table to six points with a 3-0 win over bottom side Greuther Fuerth.
Haaland struck either side of half-time before Dutch striker Donyell Malen grabbed Dortmund s late third goal.
The home victory allows Dortmund to peg back the points gap behind Bayern, who remain on course for a 10th straight league title after thumping Stuttgart 5-0 on Tuesday.
Haaland has scored 19 goals in 15 games for Dortmund this season and the towering Norwegian again shone at Signal Iduna Park.
His early well-timed pass in the box saw Thorgan Hazard hit the net, but the goal was ruled offside.
Haaland then converted a first-half penalty and headed in a Julian Brandt free-kick eight minutes from time before replacement Malen fired in Dortmund s third goal, also from Brandt s final pass.
Dortmund are also six points ahead of third-placed Leverkusen, who were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Hoffenheim on Wednesday.
Czech striker Patrik Schick scored twice to put Leverkusen 2-0 up with an hour gone, but Hoffenheim scored late goals from Angelo Stiller and Munas Dabbur to claim a point.
Leverkusen finished with ten men after Moussa Diaby was shown a second yellow card for lashing out at Hoffenheim defender Florian Grillitsch in stoppage time.
Earlier, Japan forward Daichi Kamada scored his first Bundesliga goal this season to give Eintracht Frankfurt a 3-2 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach following a flurry of second-half goals.
The attacking midfielder hit the superb winner, beating the back-tracking Gladbach defence with his first touch and tucking his finish into the corner under pressure.
The goal, his first in Germany s top flight this campaign after scoring three times in six Europa League group-stage games, came after a frantic start to the second-half with three goals in five minutes.
Frankfurt then played the last 20 minutes a man down at Borussia Park after Brazilian defender Tuta was sent off for a second booking for fouling Marcus Thuram.
Frankfurt are seventh, but just three points from a top four place after backing up Sunday s 5-2 home drubbing of Leverkusen with another impressive victory.
In contrast, Gladbach have lost their last four league games and are just a point from the bottom three.
They took an early lead when midfielder Florian Neuhaus hit the back of the net.
Frankfurt equalised out of nothing just before half-time when their Colombia forward Rafael Borre finished off a lightning counter-attack.
The game burst into life just after the break when Frankfurt s Danish midfielder Jesper Lindstrom, who also scored against Leverkusen last Sunday, put Frankfurt 2-1 up, crashing in his shot off the underside of the crossbar.
Four minutes later, Gladbach defender Ramy Bensebaini converted a penalty after Kouadio Kone was brought down in the area, only for Frankfurt to immediately retake the lead when Kamada hit the winner after exchanging passes with Borre.
