Dortmund seemed clearly impressed. The physically very present guests made life difficult for the black and yellow – and followed up. Laimer started again after winning the ball. The Borussia defense fended off an Nkunku cross, but Can’s deflected Laimer’s follow-up shot from 20 meters out.
RB defensive strong
The second goal pulled Dortmund until the break. Leipzig, who only conceded eight goals in the second half of the season, continued to defend cleverly and intensively. It continued like this for the second 45 minutes.
BVB tried to break through the guests’ dense middle block via the wing, but the RB defense held. And then coach Domenico Tedesco’s team took the next trick: The outstanding Laimer put his heel down on Nkunku in the penalty area, who scored his 16th goal of the season with a shot into the right corner to make it 3-0.
Strong Leipzig series
Coach Marco Rose’s team did not recover from this further blow to the neck. Leipzig consistently followed their line until the final whistle and was no longer impressed by Mahlen’s goal after a corner. On the contrary: Olmo made everything clear in return for a pass from Nkunku with a shot under the bar to make it 4-1. In the end, RB confidently earned their fifth win in seven unbeaten league games.
Dortmund have to play again in the league on Friday (08.04.2022, 8.30 p.m.), opponent is VfB Stuttgart. Leipzig will first play Atalanta Bergamo in the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday and then play TSG Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on Sunday (7.30 p.m.).