Dortmund pressed harmless Gabala into defence and doubled the lead just before the break as Aubameyang unleashed a low shot form inside the box to beat Gabala’s custodian Dawid Pietrzkiewicsz into the near post corner.
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The Gabon striker, who has 22 goals in 20 competitive games for Dortmund this season, celebrated by taking off his jersey to reveal a Batman logo and the words “Do you remember” – referring to the last Ruhr derby where he celebrated scoring with a Batman mask.
It was believed that the German manager was ready to raid his previous club for players, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Mats Hummels, and Reus all being linked. “Ginter then played a pinpoint cross into the middle, where Shinji Kagawa, all 5’7” of him, nodded the ball into the net. Sane uses raw pace to burst past his marker before squaring the ball to Huntelaar who is left with a simple tap-in.
Augsburg was to host Werder Bremen later.
Hoffenheim remain second from bottom after their goalless draw with Eintracht Frankfurt while Hamburg drew 1-1 at Darmstadt as Pierre-Michel Lasogga’s first-half penalty was cancelled out by Marcel Heller’s equaliser for hosts Darmstadt.
The same is expected in this match and Gabala should still be concerned about Dortmund’s attack as Aubameyang is not the only threat in front of goal.
Borussia Dortmund will look to maintain the pressure on Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich with a win over Schalke on Sunday. That proved to be Schalke’s last chance in the game.
Breitenreiter’s side are without a win in five matches and the Schalke coach told the Bundesliga’s official website: “The tension is mounting already, I’m really looking forward to my first Revierderby”.
They are loud, good fun and would even give ourselves a run for our money in the passion stakes.
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Matthias Ginter (Dortmund) – The full back showed tremendous energy to get up and down the pitch all afternoon. He heavily contributed in his team’s victory, setting up the opening goal before grabbing the second.
