Borussia Dortmund, Union Berlin snap losing streaks in the Bundesliga. Leverkusen returns to the top
Sat, Nov 25, 2023
Soccer News (AP)
BERLIN (AP) - English teenager Jamie Bynoe-Gittens scored one goal and set up another Saturday as Borussia Dortmund fought back to beat Borussia Monchengladbach 4-2 and snap a three-game winless run in the Bundesliga.
Dortmund, which drew with Eintracht Frankfurt and then lost to lost Bayern Munich and Stuttgart, was seemingly on its way to a third straight defeat with Gladbach leading 2-0 after 28 minutes.
But Marcel Sabitzer pulled one back two minutes later, Bynoe-Gittens set up Niclas Fullkrug to equalize two minutes after that, and Fullkrug returned the favor for Bynoe-Gittens to score just before the break.
It was his first league goal of the season on his fourth appearance.
The 19-year-old Bynoe-Gittens was only playing as Dortmund made two late changes with forwards Karim Adeyemi and Sebastien Haller dropping out through illness.
Donyell Malen sealed the win on a counterattack in injury time.
Kevin Volland scored his first goal for Union Berlin to salvage a 1-1 draw against Augsburg - ending the team's nine-game losing run in the league in what was its first match since a coaching change.
There were tributes to former coach Urs Fischer and assistant Markus Hoffmann before the game. Successors Marco Grote and Marie-Louise Eta - the first female assistant coach in the 60-year history of the Bundesliga - endured a frustrating match before Volland scored in the 88th minute.
The former Germany forward fired inside the right post after Robin Knoche - who had a penalty saved - headed on a free kick from Josip Juranovic.
Bayer Leverkusen returned to the top with a 3-0 win at Werder Bremen. Leverkusen leads by two points from 11-time defending champion Bayern Munich.
Also, Wolfsburg beat Leipzig 2-1 and Freiburg drew with Darmstadt 1-1.
Frankfurt played Stuttgart later Saturday.
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