Paris Saint-Germain’s negotiating style undermined their attempt to sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyamg from Borussia Dortmund.
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Wolfsburg hadn’t conceded a goal all season going into the match tonight, and 15 minutes after the kick-off whistle had blown, the hosts had conceded two as Aubameyang doubled Dortmund’s lead.
The 19-year-old Dembele is considered one of the biggest talents in Europe and his goal in the 59th for a 3-1 lead came at the time when Dortmund was under pressure.
Wolfsburg ought to have levelled four minutes later when former Dortmund attacker Jakub Blaszczykowski jinked his way into the box and set up Bruno Henrique, who could only shoot tamely at Roman Burki from close range. Possession was lost on the by-line by Wolfsburg, and the visitors pounced to the ball, Guerreiro played a sublime through ball to Castro, who sprinted towards an open penalty area, and the German midfielder squared the ball to Dembele, who tapped in his first Bundesliga goal of the season.
Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel feels he will know more about his side after their next three matches.
“Our conversion of chances wasn’t good enough, we had five top chances in the first-half”, Gomez told Sky. Early in the second half we struggled a bit but did it well. “If we keep playing like this, I don’t think anyone can hold us back”.
The result sent Dortmund to the top of the Bundesliga table ahead of Bayern Munich’s clash with Hertha Berlin on Wednesday and Aubameyang is buoyant about their prospects of securing a first league title since 2012. Aubameyang scored his first in the 17th, after collecting a throw-in to slot inside the far post.
Two Wolfsburg half-time substitutes, Paul Seguin and Daniel Didavi, combined for the latter to haul the hosts back into it soon after the restart, but any hope was soon dashed by two quickfire Dortmund goals.
Nils Petersen scored less than a minute after coming on as a substitute, tapping the ball home after Hamburg goalkeeper Rene Adler could not hold on to a shot by Vincenzo Grifo in the 70th.
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Freiburg’sNils Petersen scored the victor against Hamburg, who suffered a third straight defeat which left them third from bottom.
