Soccer-Fuellkrug Hat-trick Fires Dortmund To 3-1 Bochum Win And Into Fourth Spot – News18

BERLIN: Forward Niclas Fuellkrug scored a hat-trick to earn hosts Borussia Dortmund a 3-1 victory over VfL Bochum of their Ruhr valley derby on Sunday and carry them into the highest 4 with their third straight league win this yr.

Germany striker Fuellkrug opened his account with a seventh-minute penalty to place the hosts in entrance.

They appeared in full management till a sequence of defensive blunders on the stroke of halftime despatched Bochum’s Patrick Osterhage by way of. His cutback was become the Dortmund objective by defender Nico Schlotterbeck for an personal objective.

Dortmund’s Youssoufa Moukoko missed a number of golden probabilities after the break and it was Fuellkrug who restored order, rising excessive above two defenders to go in a Marcel Sabitzer cross within the 72nd.

He accomplished his hat-trick in stoppage time with a second effectively-taken penalty for his ninth league objective of the season.

The outcome strikes Dortmund into fourth place on 36 factors, leaving RB Leipzig in fifth on 33. The prime 4 groups qualify routinely for subsequent season’s Champions League group stage.

VfB Stuttgart are third on 37 following their 5-2 win over Leipzig on Saturday. Bayer Leverkusen are prime on 49.

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