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Christian Pulisic and Borussia Dortmund had spent over two full months mired in a horrible, unexpected, inexplicable droop. That they had not received a single Bundesliga or Champions League sport since September. Their twelfth consecutive failure to choose up three factors price supervisor Peter Bosz his job.
However in two matches beneath new boss Peter Stoger, the turnaround has been speedy. And Pulisic, the 19-year-old American winger, helped raise Dortmund absolutely out of the droop with an exquisite late winner on Saturday towards Hoffenheim:
Dortmund had gone behind within the first half regardless of being the higher workforce. Like they so usually have this season, the Black and Yellows conceded towards the run of play, and carried a 1-0 deficit into the second half at residence.
However Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang equalized from the penalty spot on 63 minutes. Pulisic, who additionally began in a 2-0 victory over Mainz earlier within the week, then made an clever out-to-in run from the proper wing within the 89th minute. He pounced on the deflection, and received a second-straight sport for BVB with two deft touches.
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It was Pulisic’s first aim since that night time in Trinidad. He hadn’t scored for Dortmund since a 3-0 Bundesliga win over Hamburg on Sept. 20. Not that he was answerable for his workforce’s shortcomings, however his goalscoring droop had coincided with Dortmund’s.
As Pulisic wrote in a Gamers’ Tribune letter final month, although: “Have a look at my final 4 [weeks]: didn’t qualify for the World Cup … first defeat within the league … misplaced to Bayern at residence … and now dealing with a really arduous process to qualify for the knockout levels of the Champions League. For a man obsessive about successful, these days I’ve been doing a whole lot of shedding. However I simply need you to know — I’m nonetheless obsessed, all the identical.”
Obsessed sufficient to nab Dortmund three factors on Saturday, and raise his facet up into third place.
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Henry Bushnell covers world soccer, and sometimes different ball video games, for Yahoo Sports activities. Have a tip? Query? Remark? E-mail him at henrydbushnell@gmail.com or observe him on Twitter @HenryBushnell.
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