Serhou Guirassy scores twice in Dortmund’s 4-2 comeback win over native rival Bochum

Bochum gamers have fun after Matus Bero scored the opening objective in the course of the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and VfL Bochum at Westfalenstadion in Dortmund, Germany.
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Serhou Guirassy scored twice and received a penalty as Borussia Dortmund overturned a two-goal deficit to beat native rival Bochum 4-2 within the Bundesliga forward of going through Celtic within the Champions League subsequent week.

Dortmund had been demolished 5-1 by Stuttgart final week and the strain on new coach Nuri Sahin gave the impression to be mounting when his crew conceded two early targets towards Bochum.

In 5 minutes, Matus Bero scored off a well executed one-two via the middle, then Dani de Wit made it 2-0 after teammate Myron Boadu had snatched the ball off Dortmund’s goalkeeper Gregor Kobel. On the sideline, Sahin unfold his arms huge in a gesture of indignation.

Dortmund clawed its manner again into the sport, first with a Guirassy header simply earlier than halftime to chop the deficit to 2-1, then a penalty from Emre Can leveled the rating after a careless foul on Guirassy.

It was Dortmund’s flip to slice via Bochum on the counter after that, Karim Adeyemi performed an ideal through-ball for Guirassy to make it 3-2 with a shot between goalkeeper Patrick Drewes’ legs. A fumble by Drewes let Felix Nmecha’s shot roll over the road for Dortmund’s fourth.

Dortmund rises to second within the desk forward of the weekend’s video games, behind solely Bayern Munich, and has 10 factors from 5 video games. Final season’s Champions League runner-up continues its marketing campaign in Tuesday’s revamped competitors at residence to Scottish membership Celtic.

Bochum is second-to-last within the 18-team Bundesliga with a solitary level underneath new coach Peter Zeidler.