Dortmund Dramatic Comeback, Beat Frankfurt 3-2

JAKARTA - Borussia Dortmund bounced back to win a dramatic 3-2 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt despite being two goals down in the 18th match of the German League at the Deutsche Bank Park Stadium, Saturday local time.

Frankfurt comfortably took a 2-0 lead with Rafael Borre's brace but that lead was quickly erased by Dortmund, who appeared ferocious and effective in the last 20 minutes.

Thorgan Hazard, Jude Bellingham and Mahmoud Dahoud took turns finding the net to settle a two-goal deficit and turn it into a 3-2 win for Dortmund.

Quoted from Antara, Sunday, January 9, with this victory, Dortmund optimized the bad results suffered by leaders Bayern Munich the day before. Dortmund who are in second place now have 37 points and cut the gap to six points from Bayern.

Frankfurt, who opened 2022 with a loss after three successive wins at the end of 2021, are stuck in seventh on 27 points after being overtaken by Union Berlin, according to the Bundesliga's official website.

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Dortmund appeared aggressive from the start and threatened the Frankfurt goal several times, but Thomas Meunier's shot and Erling Haaland's two attempts did not result in a goal.

Frankfurt took the lead in the 15th minute when Filip Kostic's free-kick was perfectly finished by Borre to find the visitors' goal.

The goal fired the Frankfurt players and their positive momentum continued after Borre scored his second in the 24th minute to double the lead over Dortmund.

Five minutes later Frankfurt came close to scoring again but Evan N'Dicka's shot from a corner hit the post.

Dortmund slowly rediscovered the rhythm of the game and almost scored a goal back at the end of the first half if only Donyell Malen's ball had not hit the post.

Frankfurt who entered the second half with a 2-0 lead played confidently by directly threatening the Dortmund goal again in the 47th minute through Jesper Lindstrom who forced Gregor Kobel to save.

After an hour of play, Dortmund stepped up the pressure and finally scored in the 71st minute through Hazard's goal, just six minutes into replacing Julian Brandt.

This goal became the momentum for Dortmund's revival, which forced goalkeeper Kevin Trapp to busy denying several chances from Haaland and Malen.

Dortmund's players did not give up on hard work in the 87th minute when Bellingham headed in Meunier's cross to make it 2-2.

Two minutes later Dahoud fired a speculative shot from outside the box that outwitted Trapp and completed a Dortmund comeback that turned out to be a 3-2 win over Frankfurt.

Next Friday, Dortmund will host SC Freiburg at Signal Iduna Park, while two days later Frankfurt will travel to FC Augsburg.