Four Goals As Aubameyang Return To Dortmund Team

 

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang marked his return to the Borussia Dortmund side with four goals as they cruised to a 5-2 win at strugglers Hamburg. Aubameyang had been dropped for Wednesday's Champions League win over Sporting Lisbon for internal reasons and celebrated his recall on Saturday with a 23-minute first-half hat-trick before adding a fourth three minutes after the interval.

Ousmane Dembele added a fifth for Dortmund while Nicolai Muller bagged a brace for Hamburg who are bottom on goal difference from FC Ingolstadt 04, who lost 2-0 at home to FC Augsburg.
Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel said “There had been something going on during the preparation for the Sporting match, which we punished and so it is checked off. We did not love taking this measure, but there was no alternative in our view. The basic trust has not been shattered and it was all forgotten by the final whistle of the Lisbon game.”

Dortmund's win lifted them to fifth in the table, six points behind leaders Bayern Munich, who were held to a 1-1 draw at home to high-flying Hoffenheim, who remain unbeaten.