Two Erling Haaland Kicks Brings Victory For Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland (right) celebrates after scoring his second goal against VfL Wolfsburg (ANTARA / REUTERS / POOL / Ronny Hartmann)

JAKARTA - Borussia Dortmund continues to cut its distance from the top four of the German League standings after defeating VfL Wolfsburg by a score of 2-0 in the 31st matchday at the Volkswagen Arena Stadium, Saturday local time,

Dortmund were able to beat Wolfsburg even though they had to play with 10 players from the 59th minute because Jude Bellingham received a second yellow card.

Erling Haaland bought Dortmund's two winning goals in this match, starting with a left-footed strike in the 12th minute that opened the visitors' advantage.

Then in the 68th minute, Haaland scored his second goal using Mahmoud Dahoud's pass to lead 2-0 over Wolfsburg despite having to appear with only 10 players on the field.

Wolfsburg are relatively able to take advantage of the situation 11 against 10 to take control of the match, unfortunately, their finishing was so bad.

Of the 21 attempted shots fired by Wolfsburg throughout the match, only two met targets, forcing Oliver Glasner's team to experience two successive home defeats.

Dortmund who are in fifth position are now collecting 55 points, or only one point behind from the top four zone.

Meanwhile, Wolfsburg (57) is in danger of being evicted from third place if Eintrahct Frankfurt (56) wins over Bayer Leverkusen in a late match, according to the official German League website.

Union wins, Freiburg vs Hoffenheim draws

In another match which took place simultaneously at the An der Alten Foersterei Stadium, Union Berlin won 3-1 over Werder Bremen guests.

Forward Joel Pohjanpalo supported the win with a hat-trick against the visitors, to which Bremen could only reply once through Theodor Gebre Selassie eight minutes from time.

Union temporarily moved up to seventh in the standings with 46 points, displacing Borussia Moenchengladbach (43), who played a day earlier.

Meanwhile, Bremen (30) stuck in 14th place and threatened to be overtaken by Arminia Bielefeld (30) who just played on Sunday (25/4) tomorrow.

Meanwhile, at the Schwarzwald Stadium, SC Freiburg and TSG Hoffenheim shared a point after a 1-1 draw.

Andrej Kramaric gave Hoffenheim the lead with a header from the 40th minute, but the hosts secured a point thanks to the conversion of Vincenzo Grifo's penalty in the 81st minute.

Both teams are not moving in the standings, Freiburg is in ninth place with 41 points, five points and two strips above Hoffenheim. This was reported by Antara, Sunday, April 25.