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Sept 2 2013
Dortmund top with Mkhitaryan's first goals
The Armenian's goals were both excellently taken as he side-footed the
first past Kevin Trapp and then rifled in a 25-metre effort from the
edge of the penalty area early in the second half.
Reuters
VfB Stuttgart, beaten in their first three Bundesliga outings, burst
into life with a 6-2 win over Hoffenheim on coach Thomas Schenider's
debut in Sunday's other match. Veded Ibisevic led the way with a
hat-trick.
Dortmund's win put them top of the Bundesliga as the only team with 12
points from their first four games.
Defending champions Bayern Munich are two points behind in second with
Hanover, Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz 05 on nine each. Eintracht are
15th with three points.
Mkhitaryan, who joined Borussia in July from Ukrainian champions
Shakhtar Donetsk, where he orchestrated the side who reached the last
16 of the Champions League last season, opened his account 10 minutes
into his third appearance.
Jakub Blaszczykowski threaded the ball through the Eintracht defence
and Mkhitaryan, whose late father Hamlet was also an Armenian
international, side-footed the ball first-time past Trapp.
Eintracht levelled before halftime when Takashi Inui floated the ball
over the Dortmund defence, Aigner headed against the post and Michael
Kadlec fired the rebound into an empty net.
The hosts started the second half brightly but were undone by another
moment of inspiration from Mkhitaryan, who turned his marker, rode
another tackle and unleashed a low shot from the edge of the area
which flew past Trapp.
FLYING START
"Overall, we still have to play better football," said Borussia coach
Juergen Klopp. "I have seen a couple of weaknesses in our buildup and,
ideally, we need to defend better."
Klopp also complained about the Eintracht pitch as did Borussia
goalkeeper Roman Wiedenfeller. "It hadn't been watered, it was rough
and slow," he said.
Stuttgart gave former youth team coach Thomas Schneider a rousing
start to his Bundesliga career after he replaced Bruno Labbadia who
was fired on Monday.
Stuttgart were quickly off the mark as defender Ruediger opened the
scoring and Ibisevic, who spent 4-1/2 seasons at Hoffenheim, headed
the second from Maxim's corner in the first 20 minutes.
Kevin Volland pulled one back in the 26th minute but a blunder by
Hoffenheim goalkeeper Koen Casteels allowed Stuttgart to almost
immediately restore their two-goal advantage.
Casteels needlessly came out of his area to try to clear a long pass
forward, missed the ball and Maxim scored into an empty net.
There was no letup for Hoffenheim after the break as Ibisevic struck
again, then Maxim curled in his second from the edge of the area and
the Bosnia forward completed his hat-trick with a header just after
the hour.
Roberto Firmino pulled one back for Hoffenheim three minutes from the
end as they suffered their first defeat of the season.
($1 = 0.7584 euros)
(Writing by Brian Homewood in Berne; Editing by John Mehaffey)
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/09/02/dortmund-top-mkhitaryans-first-goals
Sept 2 2013
Dortmund top with Mkhitaryan's first goals
The Armenian's goals were both excellently taken as he side-footed the
first past Kevin Trapp and then rifled in a 25-metre effort from the
edge of the penalty area early in the second half.
Reuters
VfB Stuttgart, beaten in their first three Bundesliga outings, burst
into life with a 6-2 win over Hoffenheim on coach Thomas Schenider's
debut in Sunday's other match. Veded Ibisevic led the way with a
hat-trick.
Dortmund's win put them top of the Bundesliga as the only team with 12
points from their first four games.
Defending champions Bayern Munich are two points behind in second with
Hanover, Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz 05 on nine each. Eintracht are
15th with three points.
Mkhitaryan, who joined Borussia in July from Ukrainian champions
Shakhtar Donetsk, where he orchestrated the side who reached the last
16 of the Champions League last season, opened his account 10 minutes
into his third appearance.
Jakub Blaszczykowski threaded the ball through the Eintracht defence
and Mkhitaryan, whose late father Hamlet was also an Armenian
international, side-footed the ball first-time past Trapp.
Eintracht levelled before halftime when Takashi Inui floated the ball
over the Dortmund defence, Aigner headed against the post and Michael
Kadlec fired the rebound into an empty net.
The hosts started the second half brightly but were undone by another
moment of inspiration from Mkhitaryan, who turned his marker, rode
another tackle and unleashed a low shot from the edge of the area
which flew past Trapp.
FLYING START
"Overall, we still have to play better football," said Borussia coach
Juergen Klopp. "I have seen a couple of weaknesses in our buildup and,
ideally, we need to defend better."
Klopp also complained about the Eintracht pitch as did Borussia
goalkeeper Roman Wiedenfeller. "It hadn't been watered, it was rough
and slow," he said.
Stuttgart gave former youth team coach Thomas Schneider a rousing
start to his Bundesliga career after he replaced Bruno Labbadia who
was fired on Monday.
Stuttgart were quickly off the mark as defender Ruediger opened the
scoring and Ibisevic, who spent 4-1/2 seasons at Hoffenheim, headed
the second from Maxim's corner in the first 20 minutes.
Kevin Volland pulled one back in the 26th minute but a blunder by
Hoffenheim goalkeeper Koen Casteels allowed Stuttgart to almost
immediately restore their two-goal advantage.
Casteels needlessly came out of his area to try to clear a long pass
forward, missed the ball and Maxim scored into an empty net.
There was no letup for Hoffenheim after the break as Ibisevic struck
again, then Maxim curled in his second from the edge of the area and
the Bosnia forward completed his hat-trick with a header just after
the hour.
Roberto Firmino pulled one back for Hoffenheim three minutes from the
end as they suffered their first defeat of the season.
($1 = 0.7584 euros)
(Writing by Brian Homewood in Berne; Editing by John Mehaffey)
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2013/09/02/dortmund-top-mkhitaryans-first-goals