Marcos Reus inspires Borussia Dortmund to crush Borussia Monchengladbach to stay in Bundesliga hunt

The brilliant Marco Reus scored two and made three as Borussia Dortmund kept their slim title chances alive with a 6-0 victory over Borussia Monchengladbach. The scoreline was harsh on Gladbach, who were competitive for much of the game before being overwhelmed in the last 20 minutes. Until then Dortmjnd were on course for an efficient rather than sparkling victory, having taken control with two goals in six first-half minutes.

The captain Reus scored the first and made the second for Donyell Malen with a delicious through ball. Ad/> The home side didn’t have things all their own way. Their keeper Gregor Kobel made three important saves in the first half, and they were forced to make two changes before the break because of injuries to Gio Reyna and Dan-Axel Zagadou.

Europa LeagueMisfiring Barcelona look right at home in the Europa League — The Warm-Up18/02/2022 AT 08:43 Monchengladbach almost got back into the game when Jonas Hofmann – once of Dortmund – blasted a drive against the crossbar in the second half. But the game was up soon after when the substitute Marius Wolf, who had just come on, rammed the ball into the net from Reus’s pass. Bundesliga table Bundesliga fixtures / results Bundesliga top scorers Reus completed a hat-trick of assists when his low cross was turned in by another substitute, 17-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko, and then scored his second after being put through by Mats Hummels.