Dortmund outclass Bremen
\nLONDON
\nSerhou Guirassy scored his first league goal since October as Borussia Dortmund beat Werder Bremen 3-0 at home on Tuesday and restore their four-point buffer in second spot.
\nNico Schlotterbeck and Marcel Sabitzer scored while Guirassy responded to being benched for the first time this season by tapping in late after Jobe Bellingham pressed Bremen into a mistake.
\nStuttgart\u2019s 3-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt earlier in the evening moved the German Cup holders within a point but 2024 Champions League finalists Dortmund responded with a controlled but unspectacular performance.
\nSchlotterbeck said Dortmund were \u201cnot perfect, but on the right path. We\u2019ve still got a few steps to take, but we\u2019ll do that in the next few weeks.\u201d
\nDortmund moved eight points behind leaders Bayern Munich, who play away at Cologne on Wednesday.
\nSchlotterbeck, Dortmund\u2019s captain and standout player this season, put his side in front with a regulation header from a corner 11 minutes in.
\nThe hosts were sloppy with the ball and disorganised without it in the opening half, leaving the field to isolated boos and whistles from the fans, even if Bremen lacked the quality to punish them.
\nMaking his 250th Bundesliga appearance, Sabitzer put nervy Dortmund two ahead with a 76th-minute goal, guiding the ball into the bottom left corner.
\n\u201cObviously it wasn\u2019t our best game \u2014 everyone has the right to react how they like,\u201d Sabitzer told Sky. \u201cThere\u2019s no point beating around the bush \u2014 obviously it\u2019s not what we\u2019re aiming for.\u201d
\nBenched in favour of former Wolves striker Fabio Silva, Guirassy came on midway through the second half and was in the right place to score when Bellingham won the ball with seven minutes left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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