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Bundesliga round-up: Borussia Dortmund go top after 4-0 victory

Celebrations for Borussia Dortmund
Image: Celebrations for Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund joined Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen at the top of the Bundesliga thanks to a comfortable 4-0 away win over top-flight newcomers Ingolstadt on Sunday.

Matthias Ginter and Marco Reus settled Dortmund's nerves with a quickfire double around the hour mark just as it was beginning to look as though the first visitors to Ingolstadt in the Bundesliga were going to be frustrated by their hosts.

Shinji Kagawa added a third with six minutes to go and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang finished off the rout to take the Westphalians to the top of the pile on goal difference and inflict the first defeat of the season on the league's newcomers.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores Dortmund's fourth goal
Image: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores Dortmund's fourth goal

In the other game of the day, Borussia Monchengladbach lost their second match in a row this season, going down 2-1 at home to Mainz to go bottom of the table.

Jairo Samperio gave Mainz, who were also seeking their first points of the season, the lead just before half-time, but after a stunning effort from Patrick Herrmann brought Gladbach level, it seemed like only one team would go on to win.

The hosts wasted chance after chance to take the lead as Mainz held on, breaking in the 79th minute to regain the lead against the run of play through Christian Clemens.

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Gladbach were unable to respond and were lucky to see Yoshinori Muto waste two gilt-edged chances to give Mainz a more handsome win as Lucien Favre's men slumped to the bottom of the table.

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