Beier stunner sends Dortmund back to top spot

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Ahead of Bayern Munich's clash with Freiburg on Monday (AEDT), Niko Kovac's side piled the pressure on its rival by opening up a three-point lead at the summit.

Fabio Silva sent a header whizzing over the crossbar nine minutes in as Dortmund looked to set an early marker at Signal Iduna Park, with Serhou Guirassy seeing a low drive from range parried by Noah Atubolu.

Atubolu was on hand to deny Guirassy again moments later, while Frankfurt's first real moment of promise came from Jonathan Burkardt, whose 20-yard strike flew past the right-hand post.

Midfielder Joey Veerman then posed a strong threat for Dortmund with his set piece delivery, sending a pair of dangerous crosses into the box in quick succession in the 31st minute, with both Guirassy and Felix Nmecha heading off-target.

Gregor Kobel was then called into action for the first time three minutes later to block Younes Ebnoutalib's close-range poke, before diving at full stretch to parry Fares Chaibi's top-corner strike from distance immediately after the restart.

Dortmund went close again when Veerman supplied another pinpoint cross for Guirassy, whose header crashed against the crossbar.

Further half-chances for Ramy Bensebaini and Julian Ryerson went begging as Dortmund appeared destined to settle for a point, but substitute Beier produced a moment of magic late on.

The German controlled fellow substitute Jobe Bellingham's pass on the edge of the area before curling a spectacular effort into the top corner beyond a helpless Atubolu, sending the Yellow Wall into raptures and lifting Dortmund to the top of the Bundesliga summit.