German Bundesliga Saturday, Week 11: Borussia Dortmund Stomp Wolfsburg; Marco Reus Downs Hertha

The first five games of Week 11 of the German Bundesliga season have finished, and Borussia Dortmund have given Bayern Munich a little something to think about going into their game on Sunday. Der BVB kept the pressure on with a 5-1 thumping of Wolfsburg. Elsewhere, Marco Reus kept being Marco Reus with yet another brace, while Cologne and Bremen put on a show.

Ever since their title winning campaign of 2008-09, their defense has been absolutely shambolic under a variety of managers. Mario Götze made them look atrocious on Saturday, simultaneously making tabloid reports of his rumored €30 million transfer fee sound even more absurd. He scored twice in the rout, with Shinji Kagawa, Sven Bender and Robert Lewandowski adding the other goals.

Marco Reus is the best player on a German team not playing in the UEFA Champions League. Hertha Berlin took an early lead, but his brace gave his team three points, taking him to seven league goals on the season. From the wing.

The home side should have had a point, but completely threw this one away late. Mike Frantz put Nürnburg up 1-0 early in the 32nd minute, but Jan Rosenthal equalized quickly in the 34th minute. The Freiburg midfielder would confirm himself as the man of the match in stoppage time, as he drew a penalty on Nürnburg’s backup goalkeeper Alexander Stephan, which Papiss Demba Cisse converted.

With both Jochim Löw and Jurgen Klinsmann in attendance, the potential German and American internationals playing in the match didn’t exactly impress their national managers. Vedad Ibesevic - a Bosnian international who could have played for the USA - scored the opener in the first half. Dorge Kouemaha found a deserved equalizer for Kaiserslautern, who probably should have won the game.