- Christian Pulisic (38')
- Adrián Ramos (44', 86')
- René Adler (52')
Christian Pulisic scores as Borussia Dortmund overcome Hamburg
Borussia Dortmund moved back to within seven points of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich with a 3-0 win over 10-man Hamburg at the Westfalenstadion.
U.S. international Christian Pulisic's first goal in the Bundesliga and an Adrian Ramos effort were enough for Dortmund to gain the upper hand before a red card for Hamburg goalkeeper Rene Adler allowed them to ease to victory, Ramos adding a second late on.
With four games of the season remaining, Dortmund are therefore still in the hunt for the title with Bayern only able to seal top spot next week with a win if Dortmund slip up.
Hamburg had the chance to take the lead in the 36th minute when Sven Bender's mistake let Sven Schipplock through one on one with Roman Burki, but the Hamburg forward was too slow and allowed Mats Hummels to recover ground and force him into a weak shot.
From the chance to be 1-0 in front, Hamburg found themselves 1-0 behind within minutes when Hummels showed his quality at the other end of the field to tee up Pulisic for his first Bundesliga goal.
Dortmund doubled their lead just before half-time when Ramos was sent clear and he showed Schipplock how it should be done with a fine shot past Adler.
Hamburg's chances of recovering were reduced early in the second half when Adler was shown a straight red card for a foul as the last man, outside his penalty area, on Shinji Kagawa.
From that moment, Dortmund knew the win was theirs, even without investing too much effort, although Ramos could have made it even clearer with an angled shot which found only the side netting.
Things took another turn for the worse for Hamburg when Albin Ekdal had to leave the field with an injury. With all substitutions already made, the northern Germany side had to play the final 10 minutes of the game with only nine men.
Dortmund turned ruthless and Ramos added a third with four minutes remaining, converting from close range after Jaroslav Drobny only parried Kagawa's shot.
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