Stuttgart firmly rooted to the foot of the
Bundesliga.
Borussia Dortmund made it three Bundesliga
wins in a row for the first time this season with
a 3-2 success at rock-bottom Stuttgart on Friday.
Jurgen Klopp's side have found life difficult so
far this term and, prior to their recent run, had
only registered four wins in 19 league matches,
leaving them bottom of the table.
However, Dortmund have shown signs of turning
things around of late and climb to 10th with
their win in Stuttgart, ahead of the weekend's
programme of fixtures.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang opened the scoring
for the visitors after 25 minutes at the Mercedes-
Benz Arena, but that lead was cancelled out
when Florian Klein netted from the penalty spot
seven minutes later.
Ilkay Gundogan restored Dortmund's advantage
from close range after a clever lay-off from Shinji
Kagawa, before Marco Reus pounced on a
defensive error late on to apparently put the
result beyond doubt.
Georg Niedermeier, who had won the penalty in
the first half, pulled a goal back in stoppage
time, exposing defensive gaps that Dortmund
must plug ahead of Tuesday's trip to Juventus in
the UEFA Champions League.
Klopp had his players training on a deliberately
poor pitch ahead of the trip to Stuttgart, for
whom Timo Werner became the youngest player
to reach 50 Bundesliga appearances
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