A few eyebrows were raised on Friday evening when Hamburger SV kicked off Bundesliga matchday 13 with an impressive performance, claiming a highly-deserved 3-1 home victory against Borussia Dortmund. A converted penalty from Pierre-Michel Lasogga, a fine strike by Lewis Holtby and a Mats Hummels own goal saw HSV take a three goal lead within 60 minutes. BVB scored a late consolation goal through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, after former Germany international Rene Adler had produced several crucial saves to deny the visitors in the second half.
It was Dortmund's first defeat following four straight wins, as they failed to put table toppers FC Bayern under pressure ahead of their encounter with FC Schalke 04 on Saturday evening (18:30 CET). For Hamburg on the other hand, it was just their second home win of the season and Bruno Labbadia’s team now occupy eighth place for the time being.
Solid defending, clinical attack
Hamburg's defence stood firm against Dortmund's quality attack led by Germany international Marco Reus and the league's now top goalscorer Aubameyang (15 goals). They were awarded a penalty in the 18th minute after BVB keeper Roman Bürki had brought down Ivo Ilicevic inside the area. Lasogga stepped up and converted comfortably, before Holtby finished off a well-executed counter attack with a clever finish. Things got even worse for BVB after the break, when World Cup winner Mats Hummels was unfortunate to head the ball into his own goal.
Marco Reus returned to action for Dortmund following his recovery from a groin injury, while HSV were without Aaron Hunt (thigh injury). Dortmund attempted to start a comeback in the second half, but were never able to fully find their rhythm and, apart from Aubameyang's goal in the 85th minute, they were unable to get the ball past a very solid Adler.
Watzke: "That would've been like a capitulation"
The game in front of 57,000 spectators came after last weekend's terror attacks in Paris and the more recently called off international fixture in Hannover three days ago. As a result of increased security measures, the game was delayed by 15 minutes to ensure all fans could get inside the stadium in time for kick-off. But calling off the game was never a serious option.
"That would have been like a capitulation and would have caused cheers of joy in parts of Syria and elsewhere," said BVB general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke. The Paris terror victims, as well as former Germany chancellor and Hamburg honorary citizen Helmut Schmidt, were remembered prior to the game during a moment of silence. All players also wore a black ribbon on their arm sleeve.
A few eyebrows were raised on Friday evening when Hamburger SV kicked off Bundesliga matchday 13 with an impressive performance, claiming a highly-deserved 3-1 home victory against Borussia Dortmund. A converted penalty from Pierre-Michel Lasogga, a fine strike by Lewis Holtby and a Mats Hummels own goal saw HSV take a three goal lead within 60 minutes. BVB scored a late consolation goal through Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, after former Germany international Rene Adler had produced several crucial saves to deny the visitors in the second half.
It was Dortmund's first defeat following four straight wins, as they failed to put table toppers FC Bayern under pressure ahead of their encounter with FC Schalke 04 on Saturday evening (18:30 CET). For Hamburg on the other hand, it was just their second home win of the season and Bruno Labbadia’s team now occupy eighth place for the time being.
Solid defending, clinical attack
Hamburg's defence stood firm against Dortmund's quality attack led by Germany international Marco Reus and the league's now top goalscorer Aubameyang (15 goals). They were awarded a penalty in the 18th minute after BVB keeper Roman Bürki had brought down Ivo Ilicevic inside the area. Lasogga stepped up and converted comfortably, before Holtby finished off a well-executed counter attack with a clever finish. Things got even worse for BVB after the break, when World Cup winner Mats Hummels was unfortunate to head the ball into his own goal.
Marco Reus returned to action for Dortmund following his recovery from a groin injury, while HSV were without Aaron Hunt (thigh injury). Dortmund attempted to start a comeback in the second half, but were never able to fully find their rhythm and, apart from Aubameyang's goal in the 85th minute, they were unable to get the ball past a very solid Adler.
Watzke: "That would've been like a capitulation"
The game in front of 57,000 spectators came after last weekend's terror attacks in Paris and the more recently called off international fixture in Hannover three days ago. As a result of increased security measures, the game was delayed by 15 minutes to ensure all fans could get inside the stadium in time for kick-off. But calling off the game was never a serious option.
"That would have been like a capitulation and would have caused cheers of joy in parts of Syria and elsewhere," said BVB general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke. The Paris terror victims, as well as former Germany chancellor and Hamburg honorary citizen Helmut Schmidt, were remembered prior to the game during a moment of silence. All players also wore a black ribbon on their arm sleeve.
