Jadon Sancho and Erling Haaland guided Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla's rival in the Champions League round of 16, to a prestigious triumph against Lepzig at the Red Bull Arena (1-3) on Saturday. The Englishman scored a goal and the Norwegian scored a double. Irregular as Dortmund is being in this Bundesliga, the team now led by Edin Terzic offered its best version and left Leipzig (in turn an opponent of Liverpool in the second round of the Champions League) without the possibility of winning to snatch the lead from Bayern, that on Friday they lost 3-2 to Borussia Mönchengladbach.
For once Borussia Dortmund had to act as an ally of Bayern, which despite its defeat remains first in the Bundesliga with 2 points more than Leipzig. Julian Nagelsmann's side had a good first half, although with few clear chances. It was slightly higher than Terzic's.
The second part was from Dortmund, led by their stars. In the first goal, Haaland (behind a wall with Marco Reus) assisted Jadon Sancho and the English international winger finished the play. 0-1. It was the 54th minute. Huge blow for Leipzig.
A blow that Nagelsmann's men could not overcome. A Haaland shot sent Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi to the crossbar. Dani Olmo also sent a ball to the post. And in 72 ’came the second goal for Borussia Dortmund, the work of the Norwegian star. Sancho, assisted by Haaland in his goal, returned the favor and sent him a ball that the Nordic attacker converted to 0-2 with a header.
It wasn't all yet. With a Leipzig that could not react, on the edge of 84 ’and assisted by Reus, Haaland controlled the ball and dribbled to Gulacsi to put the 0-3 on the scoreboard. The young Norwegian striker has already been 12 in the current Bundesliga (in 10 games) and his team is 4th, 5 points behind Bayern. In the 90 'Alexander Soerloth closed the gap for Lepzig after a failure of the Dortmund defense.