- Marco Reus - 27'
- Raphaël Guerreiro - 88'
Dortmund beat Union to keep Champions League hopes alive
Dortmund picks up important win in their UCL hunt
Borussia Dortmund scores a goal in either half to down Union Berlin 2-0 in the Bundesliga.
Borussia Dortmund's Marco Reus and Raphael Guerreiro scored a goal apiece to beat visitors Union Berlin 2-0 on Wednesday and maintain their outside chances of securing a spot in next season's Champions League.
The hosts were awarded a controversial penalty after Reus went down in the box and although Erling Haaland's effort was saved, Reus stabbed home the rebound in the 27th minute.
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The Dortmund captain almost set up a second goal when he sent Giovanni Reyna through but the American's chip sailed wide.
Guerreiro did it better two minutes from the end, finishing a quick break to seal the three points for his team.
Union, whose keeper Andreas Luthe made a series of fine saves, twice hit the woodwork, including from a superbly-taken Max Kruse free kick in the 66th which diving Dortmund keeper Marwin Hitz palmed on to the post.
Dortmund moved to 52 points, four behind fourth-placed Eintracht Frankfurt, with the top four teams qualifying for next season's Champions League group stage.
VfL Wolfsburg, who face Dortmund on Saturday, tightened their hold on third place with a 3-1 win at VfB Stuttgart that lifted the Wolves to 57 points, one ahead of Eintracht and five clear of Dortmund.
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German Bundesliga Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bayern Munich | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | +26 | 26 |
RB Leipzig | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | +10 | 21 |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | +10 | 20 |
Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | +5 | 17 |
SC Freiburg | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 17 |
1. FC Union Berlin | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | +1 | 16 |
Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
Werder Bremen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | -4 | 15 |
Borussia Monchengladbach | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 14 |
Mainz | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 13 |
VfB Stuttgart | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 12 |
FC Augsburg | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 12 |
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 10 |
TSG Hoffenheim | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -6 | 9 |
St. Pauli | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
Holstein Kiel | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | -13 | 5 |
VfL Bochum | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -20 | 2 |