Borussia Dortmund’s Giovanni Reyna and Erling Haaland combined to help crush Freiburg 4-0 as they bounced back in style from a disappointing week. Reyna, the 17-year-old American, served up three assists in the absence of Jadon Sancho, who was sidelined with an infection.
Two were for Haaland, who scored either side of Emre Can’s powerful 47th-minute header to take his tally to 17 goals from 18 Bundesliga games this year. Haaland then set up Felix Passlack for a fourth in stoppage-time, laying the ball off for an easy finish rather than going for a hat-trick.
It was a first win in three games for Dortmund after last week’s shock loss to Augsburg and Wednesday’s defeat to Bayern Munich in the German Super Cup. They have six points from three league games, with Eintracht Frankfurt top on seven after their 2-1 win over Hoffenheim. The former Leicester striker Andrej Kramaric gave Hoffenheim a half-time lead wiht his sixth goal in three games before Daichi Kamada levelled and Bas Dost completed a second-half turnaround.
Elsewhere Borussia Mönchengladbach got their first win of the season at Cologne, Lars Stindl rounding off a 3-1 victory from the spot. Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen shared the points after Sasa Kalajdzic’s third goal in the third Bundesliga appearance of his career cancelled out Patrik Schick’s opener. And a clinical finish from Leonardo Bittencourt was the difference as Werder Bremen edged out Arminia Bielefeld 1-0.
In Spain, Atlético Madrid were held to a goalless draw for the second game in a row by Unai Emery’s Villarreal. Luis Suárez was quiet on his first home start but his replacement, Diego Costa, twice came close to snatching a late winner but failed to connect with dangerous crosses, while Villarreal could also have found a late goal in an end-to-end finish when Gerard Moreno volleyed narrowly wide. Villarreal played the better football for most of the game and could have taken the lead in either half through the right-back Mario Gaspar, who was thwarted on both occasions by excellent saves from Jan Oblak.
Eibar stole the points at Valladolid in dramatic fashion. The away side went ahead when Esteban Burgos converted an early penalty before Toni Villa equalised. Pape Diop was then sent off in the second half but 10-man Eibar sealed the win when Kévin Rodrigues headed home at the back post in the 90th minute.
In Italy, Francesco Caputo struck twice in an emphatic 4-1 win for Sassuolo against Crotone.
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