The negriamarillos do not stop reaping victories in the German championship. (AFP)
Borussia Dortmund beat RB Leipzig 2-1 for their eighth successive Bundesliga win, allowing them to move into the provisional top spot pending what Bayern Munich do on Saturday.
After 23 games played, the Dortmund adds 49 points, three more than the bayern (46), who travels on Saturday (2:30 p.m.) to the Stuttgart ground, and six units more than the union berlinwhich receives Cologne also tomorrow.
Bayern will therefore have to win their game on Saturday in order to stay top of the table.
On Friday, in front of 81,375 spectators at the Westfalenstadion, the men of Edin Terzic they matched the historic streak of their illustrious predecessors of just over a decade ago.
In the season 2011-2012, to the orders of jurgen kloppBorussia Dortmund had achieved a record eight-game winning streakwhich led to the Bundesliga-Cup double.
Before him leipzigAfter a balanced quarter of an hour and chances in one goal and another, especially two by Christopher Nkunku, Dortmund ended up imposing their law.
Marco Reus scored a penalty (21′) that had been committed on himself and then was Emre Can (39′) the one who increased the distance on the scoreboard, with a shot from 25 meters.
In the second half, RB Leipzig was more attacking and cut short on 74′ through emil forsberg.
The pressure grew stronger late in the game, but both Nico Schlotterbeck and Alexander Meyer cleared Leipzig’s attempts.
In 2023, Dortmund have won all their matches: eight in the Bundesliga, one in the Champions League and one in the German Cup.
All this despite the injuries to several players, to which was added this Friday that of goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, replaced by Alexander Meyer.
In a week, Dortmund will aspire to set a new record with a ninth straight victory, in the derby in Gelsenkirchen against Schalke 04 (current bottom of the Bundesliga).
Before that, BVB has a key game against Chelsea. In the first leg in Germany, Dortmund won 1-0 and will defend that result at Stamford Bridge.
