Bundesliga wrap: Dortmund edge closer to Bayern

Borussia Dortmund recorded an emphatic 4-1 win over Freiburg in the Bundesliga to move within three points of leaders Bayern Munich.

The reigning champions opened the scoring through Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, who bookended the win with goals, while Ilkay Gundogan and Kevin Grosskreutz rammed home Dortmund’s advantage with goals in the second half.

Jan Rosenthal had restored parity for Freiburg after 35 minutes but the hosts were blown away at the Badenova Stadion thereafter.

Nurnberg stunned Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 at the BayArena with the visitors undoing their opponents from set pieces to end their losing streak.

First-half goals from Daniel Didavi and Jens Hegeler followed by a late strike from Tomas Pekhart gave the strugglers a well-earned win.

Roman Hubnik rescued a point for Hertha Berlin in a 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim that saw both sides reduced to 10 men.

Sejad Salihovic opened the scoring 21 minutes in with a goal of some quality, hammering the ball into the top corner from 20 yards out for Hoffenheim before Raffael was given his marching orders for a push on Salihovic during a scuffle.

The hosts were themselves down a man shortly after the hour mark when Isaac Vorsah was dismissed, giving Hertha the impetus to go on and equalise through Roman Hubnik deep into injury time.

Augsburg followed up their win over Borussia Moenchengladbach last weekend with a 1-1 draw against Hamburg at the Imtech Arena.

After a goalless first half, the game sprang into life in the 63th minute with Augsburg opening the scoring through Torsten Oehrlein but Hamburg were soon back on level terms through Jose Guerrero’s header from Dennis Aogo’s free kick.

A solitary second-half goal from Sebastian Polter was enough to see Wolfsburg pick up all three points in a 1-0 win over Stuttgart.

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