Reus scores winner for Dortmund at ‘Gladbach

Marco Reus scored his first Bundesliga goal of the season to give Borussia Dortmund a 1-0 win at his former team Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday.

Reus, Andre Schuerrle and Mario Goetze started for the first time together for Dortmund, and the three Germany teammates were all involved in the 32nd-minute goal.

Goetze played the ball to Schuerrle, who crossed for Reus on the right. Reus looked up and lifted the ball over ‘Gladbach goalkeeper Yann Sommer to score off the underside of the crossbar.

“It was a good goal. I think he wanted to do that,” Sommer said.

Reus, who returned from a serious knee injury last weekend against Hamburger SV, said he wanted to play the ball further to the left “but the important thing is it went in.”

Goalkeeper Roman Buerki was man of the match for producing a string of saves to deny the home side what would have been a deserved equalizer.

Dortmund moved second, 19 points behind Bayern Munich, while ‘Gladbach stayed 10th after its fourth consecutive defeat without scoring.

Dortmund forward Michy Batshuayi failed to score for the first time in four games since his deadline-day switch from Chelsea, though he wasn’t helped by the poor condition of the pitch. Some players lost their footing as the grass gave way.

GERMANY Bundesliga

GOMEZ ON TARGET

Mario Gomez scored for Stuttgart to beat Augsburg 1-0 for the side’s first away win in the Bundesliga for more than a year.

Ahead of the World Cup in Russia, Gomez reminded Germany coach Joachim Loew of his prowess when he managed to control a rebound from a free kick and fire it inside the right corner despite being off balance in the 27th minute. Yesterday Augsburg-Stuttgart .......................... 0-1 B. Monchengladbach-Dortmund ..... 0-1

Standings

P W D L F A Pts B. Munich 23 19 2 255:1859 Dortmund 23 11 7 548:2940 B. Leverkusen 23 10 8 543:3038 RB Leipzig 22 11 5 635:2938 Schalke 23 10 7 636:3037 E. Frankfurt 22 10 6 630:2536 Hannover 23 8 8 732:3332 Augsburg 23 8 7 832:2931 Hoffenheim 23 8 7 837:3731 B. M’gladbach 23 9 4 1030:3531 Hertha Berlin 23 7 9 730:3030 Freiburg 23 6 10 724:3728 Stuttgart 23 8 3 1219:2727 Wolfsburg 23 4 12 726:3024 W. Bremen 23 5 8 1021:2823 Mainz 23 6 5 1228:4123 Hamburger 23 4 5 1418:3417 FC Koln 23 3 5 1520:4214