AndrewBorussia Dortmund substitute Erling Haaland yesterday headed a stoppage-time winner to snatch a 1-0 victory at Fortuna Duesseldorf, and keep their slim Bundesliga title hopes alive.
The Norwegian teenager, who was brought in on the hour, scored with the last play of the game to lift second-placed Dortmund to 66 pointsfrom 31 games, with leaders Bayern Munich on 70 before they host Borussia Moenchengladbach in last night’s late kick-off.
But Haaland, back from a knee injury, bagged his 11th goal in 12 league games and made sure of a last-gasp win when he rose high to connect with Manuel Akanji’s cross.
The win also maintained Dortmund’s four-point gap over third-placed RB Leipzig, who won 2-0 at Hoffenheim on Friday.
Werder Bremen enjoyed a big win in the battle to avoid the drop, beating bottom club Paderborn 5-1 away with two goals from Davy Klaassen to join Fortuna on 28 points.
Paderborn have 20.
Promoted Union Berlin’s 2-1 win at Cologne lifted them to 13th on 35 with another Bundesliga season all but assured. – Reuters
Bundesliga Results and Fixtures
Dusseldorf 0-1 Dortmund
FC Koln 1-2 Union Berlin
Hertha Berlin 1-4 Eintracht Frankfurt
Paderdorn 1-5 Werder Bremen
Wolfsburg 2-2 Freiburg
Bayern Munich v B. Monchengladbach (Played late)
Fixtures
Mainz v Augsburg 3.30pm
Schalke v Beyer Leverkusen 6pm
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