The Norwegian "hurricane" Erling Halland scored two goals to lead his team, Borussia Dortmund, to a 4-2 victory over its guest Union Berlin in the fifth round of the German Football League today, Sunday.
Haaland raised his score to 7 goals in the league this season to share the top scorer with the Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich's top scorer, but Haaland beat him by sweeping when the latter was at his same age as a regular striker.
Halland scored 68 goals in 67 matches with Dortmund in all competitions, a huge number for a young player who is no more than 21 years old.
Speechless.
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The visitors were close to opening the scoring in the first minute, but Dortmund were lucky to take the lead after a quick counter-attack that reached Rafael Guerrero, who scored in the 10th minute.
Dortmund's Donel Malin was a great danger thanks to his speed, and it was only a matter of time before the hosts consolidated their supremacy.
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Double that decided the win
Haaland made the score 2-0 in the 24th minute after a pass from Thomas Meunier.
And Marco Reus sent a cross pass that Marvin Friedrich mistakenly turned into his own net in the 52nd minute to strengthen Dortmund's advantage.
5 minutes later, Max Kruze reduced the difference for Union Berlin with a penalty kick and Andreas Vogelsamer revived the visitors' hopes by making the score 3-2 9 minutes from the end of the match.
But Haaland decided Dortmund's victory, when he reached Mats Hummels' pass and put it over goalkeeper Andreas Lotte.
Dortmund raised its score to 12 points, one point behind Bayern Munich, who crushed its guest Bochum 7-0 on Saturday.
Later on Sunday, Wolfsburg, who has 12 points, will host Eintracht Frankfurt.