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Bundesliga: Sebastien Haller scores twice as Borussia Dortmund beat 10-man Augsburg 3-0

Leipzig’s first-ever victory in Munich guarantees them third place and a Champions League spot next season

Reuters Augsberg Published 22.05.23, 06:43 AM
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Striker Sebastien Haller scored twice as Borussia Dortmund beat 10-man Augsburg 3-0 on Sunday to take control of the Bundesliga title race going into next week's season finale.

Haller broke the deadlock in the 58th minute and tapped in his second goal of the afternoon six minutes before the end to seal the win that lifted them above Bayern Munich and into top spot.

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Julian Brandt completed the win with a stoppage-time goal.

The Ruhr valley club, whose last title win came in 2012, are on 70 points, two ahead of Bayern.

The Bavarians suffered a shock 3-1 home loss to RB Leipzig on Saturday.

In a one-sided first half Dortmund had 16 shots on goal to Augsburg's one and also hit the post through Niklas Suele but could not score even when the hosts were left with 10 men following the dismissal of Felix Uduokhai in the 38th.

On Saturday, Bayern went ahead with Serge Gnabry but took their foot off the gas and conceded three goals in the second half through Konrad Laimer and penalties from Christopher Nkunku and Dominik Szoboszlai.

Leipzig's first-ever victory in Munich guarantees them third place and a Champions League spot next season.

The Bavarians were in complete control at the start and in-form Gnabry rifled in off the post in the 25th minute for his fifth goal in the last four matches.

But they almost instantly became complacent, giving Leipzig too much space and allowing them to create a string of chances.

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