Borussia Dortmund hammered Freiburg on Friday night to get back on the winning track and close the gap between them and league leaders Bayern to just three points – albeit with a game more.Thomas Meunier and Erling Haaland scored a double each before Dahoud added a classy fifth in a match that would have delighted the Westfallenstadion – had it not been bereft of fans.Looking at the Bundesliga table, this was supposed to be a real tight top-of-the-table clash. But on the pitch, it looked like anything but. The outcome was decided before the half-time whistle as the yellow-blacks delivered a marvellous display of attacking football.Erling Haaland’s record for Dortmund: ◎ 77 games ◉ 78 goalsRediculous! 🤖 pic.twitter.com/0SM9LKNvIf— Squawka Football (@Squawka) January 14, 2022 Meunier scored a couple of headers from Julian Brandt’s corners as if this was a training session rather than a Bundesliga encounter of two top-four sides.And when Erling Haaland grabbed his compulsory goal just before the break, it was easy to tell that Freiburg, the season’s surprise package, would have to admit that BVB are currently the better team.With the home team entering the final 30 minutes with a clear wish that the weekend would begin, Ermedin Demirovic scored for the visitors ti give them faint hope of maybe getting something out of the game.But all hopes were killed off in the closing stages, as Haaland fired past Benjamin Uphoff from inside the area for his second goal of the evening. Mahmoud Dahoud curled a magnificent fifth to complete the rout.BUNDESLIGA – ROUND 19FridayBorrusia Dortmund – Freiburg 5-1 (3-0)/Meunier 14, 29, Haaland 45+1, 75, Dahoud 86 – Demirovic 61/Saturday17: 30 FC Koln – Bayern Munchen17:30 Union Berlin – Hoffenheim17:30 Mainz 05 – VfL Bochum17:30 VfB Stuttgart – RB Leipzig17:30 Wolfsburg – Hertha BSC20:30 Borussia M’gladbach – Bayer 04 LeverkusenSunday17:30 FC Augsburg – Eintracht Frankfurt19:30 Arminia Bielefeld – Greuther Fürth***odds are subject to change
