Borussia Dortmund's late show gives Bundesliga title race jolt of electricity | Andy Brassell


Borussia Dortmund scored two goals in stoppage time as Robert Lewandowksi spurned late chances for Bayern Munich to set up an enticing title run-in

All roads lead to Munich. At the end of a week in which it was announced France’s World Cup-winning defender Lucas Hernández would arrive at Bayern in the summer – after the champions paid a fee almost double the Bundesliga’s existing highest for an incoming player – Marco Reus will also head for Bavaria, as a Borussia Dortmund player, of course, but there had been doubt about the captain making the journey. This weekend Reus’s first child, a baby girl, arrived a few days earlier than expected, freeing daddy up to lead his side in what could be the defining game of their season.

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Hoffenheim 4-1 Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Wolfsburg, Nürnberg 3-0 Augsburg, Fortuna Düsseldorf 3-1 Borusia Mönchengladbach, Freiburg 1-1 Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen 3-1 Mainz, RB Leipzig 5-0 Hertha Berlin, Hannover 96 0-1 Schalke, Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 Stuttgart

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