Dortmund mount stunning second-half comeback against Hamburg to close gap on Bayern

[p]When [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/heuer-fernandes-daniel/Mcx5TeXa/"]Daniel Heuer Fernandes[/a] got a toe to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/beier-maximilian/6PhlgcmU/"]Maximilian Beier[/a]’s one-on-one effort just seven minutes in, it looked like it might be a long afternoon for Die Rothosen.[/p][p][b]But they brushed off that early scare and instead endured a dream first half, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/otele-philip/KSrUCXxa/"]Philip Otele[/a] opening the scoring when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mikelbrencis-william/OG4M49Jf/"]William Mikelbrencis[/a] stole the ball away from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/svensson-daniel/bs9KBNfb/"]Daniel Svensson[/a] and slid it across the face of goal for the Nigerian to tap in.[/b][/p][image alt="Match stats" id="78345417-8a26-4a45-a344-17b3c5f48246" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="d5281dee-6e73-4843-bf94-b9064e1d2449" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]More counter-attacking chances soon came the way of the visitors, as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kobel-gregor/xlBg2ttC/"]Gregor Kobel[/a] did well to keep out Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer’s near-post drive, before the Ghanaian was offside while heading in the resulting corner.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schlotterbeck-nico/hKLN8mA7/"]Nico Schlotterbeck[/a] looped a header against the bar for the home side, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hamburger/v9k3aY5F/"]Hamburg[/a] took advantage just moments later.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vieira-fabio/E1jSdqUR/"]Fabio Vieira[/a]’s initial effort from distance was palmed out by Kobel, but the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] loanee took it back to slide a brilliant ball through to the unmarked [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lokonga-sambi/fefkCPrH/"]Albert Sambi Lokonga[/a], who lifted his finish into the near top corner from close range. [/b][/p][image alt="Hamburg went 2-0 up thanks to Lokonga" id="daf5851a-5742-4814-94c6-64e247aff94c" credit-line="ČTK / imago sportfotodienst / Bahho Kara" guid="97409d9b-ee91-4f15-8588-111e96b81d7e" original-width="1400" original-height="933" /][p]The start of a comeback did look to be on the cards for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dortmund/nP1i5US1/"]Dortmund[/a] at the end of the half when Warmed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/omari-warmed/nPaP35OO/"]Omari[/a] took down Beier in the area, but [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nmecha-felix/80RErj9O/"]Felix Nmecha[/a] placed the resulting spot-kick wide of the left post.[/p][p]The second half brought fresh belief for the hosts, and the introductions of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/guirassy-serhou/YXRCmup6/"]Serhou Guirassy[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/silva-fabio/YaEnqMoU/"]Fabio Silva[/a] reinvigorated their attacking play.[/p][p][b]Their pressure built until referee Matthias Jöllenbeck pointed to the spot for a second time after Mikelbrencis stepped on Beier’s toe, and this time [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bensebaini-ramy/jag6GVQG/"]Ramy Bensebaini[/a] made no mistake in rolling down the middle of the goal from 12 yards.[/b][/p][embed guid="eb637c62-4651-4ebc-8765-b6b7076b827a" url="https://x.com/BlackYellow" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]And the score was suddenly level just five minutes later, as Guirassy had a couple of close-range efforts, the second of which crossed the line before Heuer Fernandes could hook it away.[/b][/p][p]A thunderous Silva effort showed that Dortmund weren’t done there, and they indeed completed their stunning comeback with six minutes to play.[/p][p][b]Yet another penalty was given when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/muheim-miro/bympdcHJ/"]Miro Muheim[/a] handled it in the area, allowing Bensebaini to score again with a well-placed finish into the bottom right. [/b][/p][p]Heartbreak for Hamburg, whose four-match unbeaten away run comes to an end, while Dortmund stay nine points from leaders [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bayern-munich/nVp0wiqd/"]Bayern[/a] with seven matches to play.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bensebaini-ramy/jag6GVQG/"]Ramy Bensebaini[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dortmund/nP1i5US1/"]Borussia Dortmund[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/dortmund-nP1i5US1/hamburger-sv-v9k3aY5F/summary/stats/?mid=lIb0mJAa"]Check out all the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/b][/p]