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Erling Braut Haaland scored his 40th goal of the season as the teenager continued his phenomenal scoring streak in Borussia Dortmund’s 2-0 win at Werder Bremen on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old flicked home a second-half cross to score his 12th goal in eight games for Dortmund as Lucien Favre’s side moved second in the Bundesliga, four points behind leaders Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n
Haaland, who scored twice in Tuesday’s Champions League last 16, first-leg win over Paris Saint-Germain, also netted 28 goals for Salzburg before joining Dortmund for 20 million euros ($22 million) in December.<\/p>\n
Dortmund ground out victory after showing some early nerves in Bremen where they crashed to a 3-2 German Cup defeat earlier this month.<\/p>\n
“We allowed them almost nothing and controlled the game more in the second half,” said Dortmund’s midfielder Emre Can.<\/p>\n
“Then Bremen got tired and we scored our goals at the right time.”<\/p>\n
Centre-back Dan-Axel Zagadou gave the visitors the lead by volleying home a Jadon Sancho corner on 52 minutes.<\/p>\n
“Another crappy goal conceded from a dead-ball situation. It’s getting very tight for us now,” said Bremen’s Dutch midfielder Davy Klaassen whose side are second from bottom.<\/p>\n
Haaland doubled the advantage by drilling Achraf Hakimi’s square ball into the corner on 66 minutes to score his ninth Bundesliga goal.<\/p>\n
After five straight league defeats, Bremen remain 17th and five points from safety.<\/p>\n
They suffered another blow in the relegation battle as Fortuna Duesseldorf, who are a place above them, enjoyed a 2-0 win at Freiburg.<\/p>\n
Dortmund climbed above RB Leipzig on goal difference.<\/p>\n
Julian Nagelsmann’s Leipzig can move back to within one point of Bayern, who beat bottom side Paderborn 3-2 on Friday, when they visit Schalke later on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Fourth-placed Borussia Moenchengladbach slipped six points behind Bayern, albeit with a game in hand, as Lucas Ribeiro’s injury-time strike snatched Hoffenheim a 1-1 draw at Borussia Park.<\/p>\n
Matthias Ginter had powered in an early opener for Gladbach, but the hosts were made to pay after Alassane Plea saw a 75th-minute penalty saved by Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann.<\/p>\n
Despite splashing out 77 million euros ($83 million) on transfers in January, Hertha Berlin’s poor form continued in a 5-0 thrashing at home to Cologne.<\/p>\n
Hertha were brought crashing back down to earth after Alexander Nouri won his first game in charge following Jurgen Klinsmann’s shock resignation last weekend at Paderborn.<\/p>\n
The home side defended woefully and were 2-0 down inside 22 minutes as Jhon Cordoba scored an early double.<\/p>\n
The Colombian striker exploited a four-on-two situation for his first goal and easily escaped his marker to head in the second.<\/p>\n
Midfielder Florian Kanz added two goals of his own before Mark Uth curled home a free-kick 20 minutes from time as Hertha capitulated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n