Jude Bellingham says his goal is to lift the title, after Borussia Dortmund extended their perfect start to to eight Bundesliga matches with a win over top-four rivals RB Leipzig. Dortmund went into the game as Europe's form team , but had to survive a number of first-half scares at the Signal Iduna Park.
Nico Schlotterbeck prevented Christopher Nkunku going through on goal, before Dominik Szoboszlai tested the reflexes of Alexander Meyer - parachuted in after Gregor Kobel sustained an injury in the warm-up - with a stinging shot from distance. Shortly after Nkunku sent another effort wide, Julian Brandt had a thunderous finish ruled out for handball and a goal-bound shot blocked by Josko Gvardiol. Reus won and converted a penalty after being upended by Janis Blaswich , but Leipzig continued to give as good as they got as Marcel Halstenberg volleyed over from close range.
Emre Can made no such mistake with a deflected yard strike that put BVB firmly in control at the break. The high-octane action continued apace after the restart as Andre Silva sent an inventive outside-of-the-boot attempt narrowly wide of Meyer's far post.
After an inevitable lull, the game sprung back into life as Blaswich made a fabulous flying save to prevent Reus finding the roof of the net from 18 yards. Meyer followed suit to thwart Silva in a one-on-one, before Szoboszlai lashed wide.
Leipzig's patience was rewarded when Emil Forsberg turned in substitute David Raum's back-post cross, but Dortmund held on, with Schlotterbeck and Meyer pulling off some last-gasp heroics to deny Timo Werner and Forsberg. It also prompted Bellingham to produce his two favourite German words: 'Deutscher Meister' champions of Germany and 'BVB', saying the goal now is to combine those by leading Borussia to the title this year.
