Dortmund moves level on points with Bundesliga leader Bayern

Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus scored to help his team join Bayern Munich and Union Berlin at the top of the Bundesliga with a 41 win over Hertha BerlinReus effectively sealed the result with a brilliant free kick in the 76th minute on Sunday before Jamie BynoeGittens set up Julian Brandt for Dortmunds fourth goal in the 90thIt was Dortmunds eighth win from eight games across all competitions in 2023 and it lifted Edin Terzics side above Union and into second place on goal difference from Bayern which slumped to a 32 loss at Borussia Moumlnchengladbach on SaturdayWeve put ourselves in a very good position but we havent reached our goals yet Terzic saidAll three teams have 43 points but 10time defending champion Bayerns goal difference is vastly superiorDortmunds win came at the expense of an injury to the inform Karim Adeyemi who scored and then got injured while setting up the second goal The Germany forward went off in the 35th minute with what looked like a left ankle injuryThe 21yearold Adeyemi had opened the scoring with his heel eight minutes before He then seemed to twist his ankle when he delivered a perfectly weighted cross for Donyell Malen to score Dortmunds secondAlso readUEFA Champions League Borussia Dortmund beats slumping Chelsea 10Lucas Tousart hammered the ball in off the crossbar for the visitors right after the break but it was as good as it got for Hertha which dropped to second from bottom after its fifth defeat from six games this yearUNIONS MISSED OPPORTUNITYUnion Berlin missed the chance to capitalize on Bayerns defeat and take over as leader earlier Sunday after being held 00 by lastplace SchalkeIt was Schalkes fourth consecutive 00 draw and the first league game in six that Union did not win this yearI can live with it quite well Union coach Urs Fischer said We had a harder time starting the match than we imagined At times I thought we lacked conviction Logically we would have liked to have won this gameSchalke goalkeeper Ralf Faumlhrmann stopped Rani Khediras effort toward the end of a first half of few highlights as both teams frustrated each otherFischer brought on speedy Dutch forward Sheraldo Becker with just over half an hour of normal time remaining and American forward Jordan Pefok shortly afterward but neither could force a breakthrough against Schalkes stubborn defenseBayern hosts Union next SundayLEVERKUSEN LOSES AGAINMarcus Ingvartsens late penalty earned Mainz a 32 win at Bayer Leverkusen enough to move ninth at the home teams expenseLeverkusens Amine Adli was sent off for conceding the spot kick in the 80th by hauling down Silvan Widmer who was through on goalLeverkusens scorers were Nadiem Amiri and Patrik Schick the latter after recovering from injury for his first Bundesliga appearance since NovemberIt was Leverkusens 10th league defeat and its second 32 loss at home in four days after Thursdays defeat to Monaco in the first leg of their Europa League playoffThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever