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Dortmund (dpa) - With a satisfied smile, Erling Haaland made his way to the cabin.

The double to 4: 1 (3: 1) over Werder Bremen drove away the Dortmund attacker's frustration over his weeks of failure.

The season hits 22 and 23 contributed to the fact that the Revierclub can hope for the Champions League qualification again.

«We were a little hotter after yesterday and got a second chance.

Everything is open, ”commented captain Marco Reus, visibly relieved.

Unlike last time, BVB took advantage of the hour that had arisen after the defeats of their fellow competitors from Frankfurt and Wolfsburg the day before.

Thanks to the goals of Haaland (34th penalty / 38th), Giovanni Reyna (19th) and Mats Hummels (87th), the deficit shrank from fourth to four points.

"I think we have shown a good reaction in the last few weeks, but we must not give up now," said Reus at Sky full of hope for a continuation of the positive trend.

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Only four days after the exhausting quarter-final knockout in the Champions League against Manchester City, BVB again offered a combative performance, at least in the first half, and did not allow itself to be disturbed by Milot Rashica's early deficit (14th minute) . «We stayed calm and patiently played our attacks to the end. That paid off and gives the team hope again, ”said defender Manuel Akanji.

To the delight of BVB coach Edin Terzic, Haaland returned impressively after four previous games for BVB without scoring. Without a hint of self-doubt, he safely converted the penalty imposed on Marco Reus after a foul by Kevin Möhwald and was back on the spot just four minutes later. Terzic defended Haaland against criticism: "Everyone's starting to count how long he hasn't hit." This has an end now. "Compared to the games before, we brought him into play much more often and he rewarded himself with two goals," praised Terzic.

As early as Wednesday in the home game against Union Berlin, Borussia wants to start the next attempt to reduce the gap to the Champions League places.

“The results from Saturday have once again increased the faith a bit.

We're not taking our foot off the accelerator, we want to step on it even harder, ”promised Terzic.

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Bremen will tackle the next Wednesday with the key game against FSV Mainz in a similarly combative manner. After the fifth defeat in a row, with which the club's negative record was set, the relegation place is only four points away. Coach Florian Kohfeldt is still in good spirits despite the clear defeat in Dortmund: «I expect that we won't look for excuses against Mainz. We're still in a good position, but Wednesday is what counts. But I know my team well and know that they have the mentality for it. "

For almost 30 minutes, the guests had a duel at eye level with the favorites from Dortmund and seemed to be well on their way to gaining points in the relegation battle.

“It was a good game for us up to the 1-1 draw.

But we lost our heads by half-time - it can't be done that way.

That cost us the game, ”complained Kohfeldt.

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