Hoffenheim thought they were on the right path to upsetting the second-placed BVB, but they fell as the latest victim of Marco Rose’s goal-happy bunch. Erling Haaland needed just over five minutes to make his mark on another day of Bundesliga action in which Borussia Dortmund proved that they are very much in the chase for the title. Hoffenheim managed to claw level just before the break at their PreZero Arena and it was no less than what they deserved after making their opponents defend for their lives. Georginio Rutter and Chris Richards both had headers that were close to beating Gregor Kobel, but a mix of good reflexes and the crossbar did its bit of keeping Dortmund in the lead. There were no help when Croatian forward Andrej Kramaric controlled the ball and struck a lovely low shot in to level in the first half added time.Dortmund make no mistake and keep the pressure on Bayern 💥 pic.twitter.com/sGYZyhvPJJ— 433 (@433) January 22, 2022 Marco Reus restored the lead for the yellow-blacks with an expert finish from inside the area – a goal that was mighty frustrating from Hoffenheim’s point of view after the hosts have dictated play against their quality opponents. The situation became even worse for Sebastian Hoeness’ side less than ten minutes later when David Raum put the ball past his own goalkeeper Oliver Baumann. Many teams would have given up at that point – but not “Die Kraichgauer”. Rutter got his goal with around 15 minutes left after being fed by Munas Dabbur inside the box. Kobel couldn’t get to it and the hosts were right in it once more.Dortmund rode their luck – and there was plenty of it to ride! With the regular 90 minutes ticking out, Hoffenheim’s experienced former Germany international midfielder Sebastian Rudy had a glorious chance to snatch a point for his team, but he put a rebound just wide from a great position as Dortmund somehow got away with the points.BUNDESLIGA – ROUND 20FridayEintracht Frankfurt – Arminia Bielefeld 0-2 (0-2)/Wimmer 5, Schopf 27/SaturdayBorussia Monchengladbach – Union Berlin 1-2 (1-1)/Kone 40 – Kruse 18 pen, 84/Leverkusen – Augsburg 5-1 (2-0)/Bellarabi 9, Diaby 24, 65, 69, Alario 81 – Maier 62/Hoffenheim – Borussia Dortmund 2-3 (1-1)/Kramaric 45+1, Rutter 77 – Haaland 6, Reus 58, Raum 66 og/Greuter Furth – Mainz 2-1 (1-0)/Dudziak 12, Bell 66 og – Onisiwo 90+3/Freiburg – Stuttgart 2-0 (1-0)/Ito 37 og, Schade 72/20:30: (3.25) Bochum (3.40) Koln (2.35)Sunday17:30: (1.55) RB Leipzig (4.40) Wolfsburg (6.50)19:30: (11.0) Hertha (6.50) Bayern (1.28)***odds are subject to change
