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Sept 1 2013
Frankfurt 1-2 Borussia Dortmund: Magical Mkhitaryan fires Klopp's side top
The Armenian star struck in each half to cancel out Vaclav Kadlec's
goal and sees BVB leapfrog Bayern Munich with four wins from four in
the Bundesliga.
Two terrific goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan handed Borussia Dortmund a
2-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday, moving the club to the top
of the Bundesliga.
The Armenian struck either side of Vaclav Kadlec's goal to see Jurgen
Klopp's side leapfrog Bayern Munich with its fourth win in four league
games against a spirited Frankfurt side.
Dortmund made one change from a 1-0 win over Werder Bremen last week,
with Sven Bender replacing Sebastian Kehl in midfield.
For the home side, recent signings Stephan Schrock and Kadlec both
featured in the starting lineup as Armin Veh's men went in search of
consecutive Bundesliga wins.
Frankfurt started brightly and created an early chance when Japan
international Takashi Inui tested Dortmund goalkeeper Roman
Weidenfeller.
At the other end, Marco Reus set up Jakub Blaszczykowski, but he could
only fire straight at keeper Kevin Trapp.
Dortmund did score an early goal though, as Armenian Mkhitaryan calmly
slid home a through ball.
Blaszczykowski slipped the ball in behind the Frankfurt defense and
Mkhitaryan did the rest, timing his run well before slotting a
left-footed effort past Trapp.
Kadlec had a terrific chance to level proceedings but was denied by
good defending from Marcel Schmelzer, before Weidenfeller kept out the
dangerous Czech forward moments later.
Kadlec was a constant threat though, and opened his Frankfurt account
10 minutes before the break after reacting quickly to a loose ball,
knocking home the rebound from Stefan Aigner's cross to send the sides
level into the break.
Parity was not to last long, however, as Mkhitaryan fired home his
second of the afternoon within 15 minutes of the restart. The
attacking midfielder cut in from the right before dribbling along the
edge of the penalty area and striking powerfully past Trapp.
Dortmund almost scored a third goal shortly after, but defender Neven
Subotic saw his header hit the post.
The visiting side enjoyed good spells of possession in the latter
stages but could not find another goal to kill the game off.
Dortmund held on for victory though, as Jurgen Klopp's men - who have
lost just two Bundesliga matches on the road since Sept. 2011 - made
it four wins from as many games this season, leapfrogging champion
Bayern Munich into first place in the table.
http://www.goal.com/en-ca/match/112900/eintracht-frankfurt-vs-borussia-dortmund/report
From: A. Papazian
Sept 1 2013
Frankfurt 1-2 Borussia Dortmund: Magical Mkhitaryan fires Klopp's side top
The Armenian star struck in each half to cancel out Vaclav Kadlec's
goal and sees BVB leapfrog Bayern Munich with four wins from four in
the Bundesliga.
Two terrific goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan handed Borussia Dortmund a
2-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday, moving the club to the top
of the Bundesliga.
The Armenian struck either side of Vaclav Kadlec's goal to see Jurgen
Klopp's side leapfrog Bayern Munich with its fourth win in four league
games against a spirited Frankfurt side.
Dortmund made one change from a 1-0 win over Werder Bremen last week,
with Sven Bender replacing Sebastian Kehl in midfield.
For the home side, recent signings Stephan Schrock and Kadlec both
featured in the starting lineup as Armin Veh's men went in search of
consecutive Bundesliga wins.
Frankfurt started brightly and created an early chance when Japan
international Takashi Inui tested Dortmund goalkeeper Roman
Weidenfeller.
At the other end, Marco Reus set up Jakub Blaszczykowski, but he could
only fire straight at keeper Kevin Trapp.
Dortmund did score an early goal though, as Armenian Mkhitaryan calmly
slid home a through ball.
Blaszczykowski slipped the ball in behind the Frankfurt defense and
Mkhitaryan did the rest, timing his run well before slotting a
left-footed effort past Trapp.
Kadlec had a terrific chance to level proceedings but was denied by
good defending from Marcel Schmelzer, before Weidenfeller kept out the
dangerous Czech forward moments later.
Kadlec was a constant threat though, and opened his Frankfurt account
10 minutes before the break after reacting quickly to a loose ball,
knocking home the rebound from Stefan Aigner's cross to send the sides
level into the break.
Parity was not to last long, however, as Mkhitaryan fired home his
second of the afternoon within 15 minutes of the restart. The
attacking midfielder cut in from the right before dribbling along the
edge of the penalty area and striking powerfully past Trapp.
Dortmund almost scored a third goal shortly after, but defender Neven
Subotic saw his header hit the post.
The visiting side enjoyed good spells of possession in the latter
stages but could not find another goal to kill the game off.
Dortmund held on for victory though, as Jurgen Klopp's men - who have
lost just two Bundesliga matches on the road since Sept. 2011 - made
it four wins from as many games this season, leapfrogging champion
Bayern Munich into first place in the table.
http://www.goal.com/en-ca/match/112900/eintracht-frankfurt-vs-borussia-dortmund/report
From: A. Papazian