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Saturday, 18 April 2015

Borussia Dortmund 3-0 Paderborn: Kagawa caps impressive win after turbulent week

Shinji Kagawa was on the scoresheet as Borussia Dortmund put talk of Jurgen Klopp behind them with a 3-0 win over Paderborn on Saturday.

Klopp revealed on Wednesday that he will depart the club at the end of the season, bringing to an end a seven-year success-laden spell at Signal Iduna Park, and his team responded with a professional display.

The former Mainz coach's time at Dortmund has seen the club win two Bundesliga titles, a DFB-Pokal and reach the Champions League final, though for prolonged periods here his team typified the erratic nature of their play this term.

Despite dominating and producing some fine football, Dortmund saw a host of chances go begging in the first half, a familiar source of frustration this season for the side who began the weekend 10th.

But, almost like the flick of a switch, the home side found their range right at the start of the second half, Henrikh Mkhitaryan's opener followed swiftly by a delightful Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang finish.

Aubameyang and Shinji Kagawa both saw goals disallowed for offside, but the Japan international eventually added the third 10 minutes from time, as Dortmund's push for a top-six finish continues.

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