Reus leads Dortmund to derby victory

With stinging criticism ringing in their ears, Borussia Dortmund's players responded to a disappointing defeat with a 4-1 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel had blasted his side's performance - "technical, tactical, mental - a whole deficiency" - after last week's league loss to Eintracht Frankfurt.

The words had their effect as Dortmund, led by the outstanding Marco Reus, produced a convincing performance with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scoring twice.

But the home side got off to a bad start when Marc Bartra's headed clearance went straight to Raffael, who struck inside the left post in the sixth minute.

But Aubameyang replied straight away with his league-leading 14th of the season, beating Yann Sommer at his near post after Reus played the ball through.

Lukasz Piszczek then headed home from close range in the 15th after Bartra helped on a corner.

Reus thought he'd scored with a cheeky back-heel after the break but the goal was ruled out for offside.

Reus set up Ousmane Dembele to score midway through the half.

Dembele still had work to do but eluded two 'Gladbach defenders with a quick change of movement before shooting inside the left post.

Reus set up Aubameyang's second with his heel, before going off to well-earned applause from appreciative home fans.

Dortmund climbed fifth while 'Gladbach remains in the bottom half of the table.

In other matches Solomon Kalou's injury-time penalty earned Hertha a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Wolfsburg to stay third.

Borja Mayoral got Wolfsburg off to a great start, converting the rebound from close range after Rune Jarstein saved Daniel Caligiuri's effort.

Marvin Plattenhardt equalised with a fine free kick only for Paul Seguin to reply two minutes later, scoring from a narrow angle as Hertha's defense looked uncharacteristically suspect.

But Alexander Esswein equalised for Hertha in the 69th, Seguin was sent off late with his second yellow card, and Kalou sealed it after Caligiuri was penalised for bringing down Plattenhardt.

Hoffenheim remain unbeaten after a 4-0 rout of Cologne with a brace to Sandro Wagner and goals to Jeremy Toljan and Mark Uth.

Werder Bremen also grabbed a 2-1 win over Ingolstadt with Fin Bartels scoring the winning goal.

And Bayer Leverkusen had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Freiburg after Javier Hernandez missed a late penalty as Leverkusen.