Norwegian gem keeps on shining: Haaland’s double spares Dortmund’s pride

An Erling Haaland goal in each half gave Borussia Dortmund a scarcely deserved victory over Greuter Furth in a choppy Bundesliga game on Wednesday night.Looking at the league table ahead of this encounter, you’d expect a dominant Dortmund performance and an easy win. But despite what the result may suggest, it was a less than confident display from Bundesliga second-placed team against modest opposition.No player in Borussia Dortmund’s history has scored more Bundesliga goals in a single year than Erling Haaland 🤖 pic.twitter.com/mQ5cXscHjZ— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) December 15, 2021 Erling Haaland was head and shoulders above all the other players as he won a first-half penalty, converted it and then scored a late penalty to wrap up the points. With this sort of performance, you get the idea why he’s currently the most sought-after player in the football market. His movement, technical and physical ability, combined with a natural knack of finding the net makes him the kind of player who can turn an underwhelming team performance in what may resemble a comfortable win – like tonight.But the match was anything than a walk in the park on a rainy and cold night at Westfalenstadion. The visitors had a number of chances and promising counter-attacks that they just lacked the quality to turn into goals. Donyell Malen scored a late third to complete a 3-0 win that will hardly instil confidence in Dortmund fans ahead of the business half of the seasonBUNDESLIGA – Round 16TuesdayStuttgart – Bayern 0-5 (0-1)/Gnabry 40, 53, 74, Lewandowski 69, 72/Wolfsburg – Koln 2-3 (1-1)/Nmecha 8, Weghorst 51 – Modeste 34, 89, Utm 73/Mainz – Hertha 4-0 (2-0)/Lee 19, Hack 41, Widmer 49, Boetius 79/Bielefeld – Bochum 2-0 (0-0)/Okugawa 51, Wimmer 69/WednesdayBorussia Monchengladbach – Eintracht Frankfurt 2-3 (1-1)/Neuhaus 6 – Borre 45+1, Bensebaini 54 pen, Lindstrom 50, Kamada 55/Union Berlin – Freiburg 0-0 Leverkusen – Hoffenheim 2-2 (1-0)/Shick 37, 63 – Stiller 80, Dabbur 83/Dortmund – Greuter Furth 3-0 (1-0)/Haaland 33 pen, 82, Malen 89/Augsburg – RB Leipzig 1-1 (0-1)/Caligiuri 86 – Andre Silva 19/

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