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Dortmund close in on Bundesliga title

15 April 2012 - 07:01

Borussia Dortmund have closed in on a second successive Bundesliga title, as they defeated bitter city rivals Schalke 2-1 at the Gelsenkirchen yesterday evening. The victory leaves Dortmund 8 points ahead of Bayern Munich.

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Schalke have been amongst the top places in the Bundelsiga this year, and are still hopeful of securing a 3rd place finish and guaranteed Champions League qualification.<br />

However, their fiercest rivals Dortmund made light work of their win yesterday thanks to goals from team captain Sebastian Kehl and&nbsp;Lukasz Piszczek. Jefferson Farfan had put Schalke in front early on, but his side could not hold their lead.<br />

The victory over Schalke guaranteed a 25 game undefeated streak - a Bundesliga record - as Dortmund continue their march to domestic success.<br />

Manager Jurgen Klopp said after the game:&nbsp;"It's madness. We couldn't imagine beforehand that we would achieve this.<br />

"Today was a character test of the highest level. But this team is never satisfied and is incredibly greedy."

Written by Ketan Patel