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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