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Borussia Dortmund brushes aside Wolfsburg in comprehensive rout

Reuters

Berlin - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck twice on Tuesday as Borussia Dortmund romped to another big win with a 5-1 victory at VfL Wolfsburg to temporarily top the German league table.

Having hammered both Legia Warsaw and Darmstadt 6-0 in its previous matches, Thomas Tuchel's Dortmund handed out another drubbing with Gonzalo Castro setting up two of the goals.

The thrashing leaves Dortmund top on goals scored, with nine points from a possible 12, a status the club will lose on Wednesday when Bayern Munich hosts Hertha Berlin.

The only teams still with 100 percent records meet at Munich's Allianz Arena with Hertha chasing its first league win in Bavaria since 1977.

It was another bad night for Wolfsburg, who has won only once in four games so far, and new signing Mario Gomez.

The Germany striker has yet to score since joining from Fiorentina and was repeatedly denied by Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki.

Dortmund needed just four minutes to take the lead at the Volkswagen Arena when centre-back Marc Bartra threaded his pass through the Wolfsburg defence.

Portugal midfielder Raphael Guerreiro sprinted onto the perfect pass and drilled his shot inside the near post.

Dortmund doubled its lead on 17 minutes when Aubameyang looped his shot over Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels.

But Wolfsburg dragged its way back into the match.

Burki blocked left-back Ricardo Rodriguez's powerfully struck free-kick with half-time approaching and then Wolfsburg deservedly pulled a goal back just after the break.

Moments after Gomez was again denied by Burki's point-blank save, Daniel Didavi met Paul Seguin's superb cross and drilled his shot just inside the near post on 53 minutes.

But Dortmund hit its third five minutes later when Castro pulled two defenders out of position to allow winger Ousmane Dembele a simple tap-in.

Castro then sprinted into the area and squared to Aubameyang, who slid his shot inside the far post on 62 minutes, before Lukasz Piszczek added Dortmund's fifth with a powerful header.

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