Borussia Dortmund beats RB Leipzig and assumes the provisional leadership of the German

This Friday, Borussia Dortmund beat RB Leipzig by 2-1, in a match valid for the 23rd round of the German Championship, which took place at the Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund. Marco Reus and Emre Can scored for the home team, while Emil Forsberg scored for the visitors.

With the result, the hosts reached 49 points and assumed the provisional leadership of Alemão, awaiting, however, the result of the match between Bayern Munich and Stuttgart, which takes place this Saturday, at 2:30 pm (Brasília time), at Mercedes-Benz. Benz Arena, to confirm the first position. RB Leipzig, in turn, remains fourth, with 42 points, and may lose a place throughout the round.

Edin Terzić’s men return to the field this Tuesday, at 17:00 (Brasília time), in a return game for the round of 16 of the Champions League, against Chelsea, which takes place at Stamford Bridge, in London. In the first leg, the English won by 1 to 0. On the other side, RB Leipzig receives Borussia Mönchengladbach next Saturday, the 11th, at 11:30 am, at the Red Bull Arena Leipzig, for the 24th round of the Bundesliga.

IT’S. A. WIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!! pic.twitter.com/xj4RCgWLu2

— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) March 3, 2023

The game

In the 12th minute of the first stage, Borussia Dortmund even scored with Julian Brandt, who received a beautiful launch from Jude Bellingham and kicked in the corner of goalkeeper Janis Blaswich. Brandt, however, dominated the ball with his hand and, therefore, after the VAR review, the goal was disallowed.

At 19, Blaswich brought down Marco Reus inside the area and the penalty was scored. At the charge, Reus opened the scoring for the home team. The goal had a special flavor for the German, who reached 159 goals for Borussia Dortmund, becoming the second highest scorer on the team, along with Michael Zorc.

Marco Reus is now 2nd all-time goalscorer for BVB tied with Michael Zorc 🐐 pic.twitter.com/TqGA55l7eF

— Borussia Dortmund (@BlackYellow) March 3, 2023

In the 38th minute, Emre Can took advantage of the rebound on Brandt’s kick, and shot from outside the area, to extend Borussia Dortmund’s advantage.

In the second half, the hosts tried to defend themselves, but, in the 28th minute, Emil Forsberg received it from David Raum and reduced it for the visitors, giving final numbers to the match.