Erling Haaland back on the scoresheet as Borussia Dortmund hit Wolfsburg for six
Erling Haaland got back on the goals trail as Borussia Dortmund swept past Bundesliga rivals Wolfsburg 6-1 at Signal Iduna Park.
The Norway forward had not scored for his club since late January, but was on target in each half as Dortmund brushed the visitors aside with a blistering opening spell.
A debut goal from 17-year-old Tom Rothe set the home side on their way after 24 minutes, with Haaland then setting up Axel Witsel and Manuel Akanji adding a third in the space of just four minutes.
Emre Can made it 4-0 before Haaland scored a fifth from close range ahead of the break.
Haaland chalked up Dortmund’s sixth goal 10 minutes into the second half with Ridle Baku eventually getting a late consolation for Wolfsburg.
Dortmund moved within six points of leaders Bayern Munich, who visit struggling Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday.
Cologne secured bragging rights in the Rhine derby with a 3-1 win at Borussia Monchengladbach, where Anthony Modeste, Florian Kainz and Dejan Ljubicic all scored in the first half.
A brace from Roland Sallai helped Freiburg keep up their European push with a 3-0 win over Bochum, who finished with 10 men.
At the other end of the table, Hertha Berlin won 1-0 at fellow relegation-battlers Augsburg, while Stuttgart drew 0-0 at Mainz.
In Serie A, Dusan Vlahovic struck deep into stoppage time to earn Juventus a 1-1 draw against nine-man Bologna at the Allianz Stadium.
Marko Arnautovic had put the visitors ahead early in the second half, but with just five minutes left Adama Soumaoro was sent off following a VAR review for bringing down Alvaro Morata and Gary Medel picked up two quick yellow cards for his protests.
The Bianconeri rescued a point in the fifth minute of added time when Vlahovic headed in at