(Football news) Borussia Dortmund scraped past Hoffenheim as they won 1-0 courtesy of Marco Reus' first-half winner on Friday to go provisionally top of the Bundesliga with their fourth win in five matches in the Bundesliga this season. The Ruhr valley club will now take on FC Copenhagen in their Champions League group opener on Tuesday as they bagged the three points when Reus easily tapped in after a quick move down the left and a superb one-touch assist from Julian Brandt in the 16th minute of the match.

Dortmund are top with 12 points, two points clear of second-placed champions Bayern Munich who will play Union Berlin as they are also on 10 points. Dortmund failed to add another goal in the first half and had to survive a wobbly start in the second with Hoffenheim playing with much more energy as they were committing more men forward. Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann denied the hosts another goal in the 67th minute with an amazing double save. He first stopped substitute Thorgan Hazard's effort and then blocked Anthony Modeste's rebound shot. There was some bad news for Dortmund with English teenager Jamie Bynoe-Gittens dislocating his shoulder just before half-time and had to be substituted. Dortmund are already without midfielder Mo Dahoud, who will have to have surgery on his shoulder and will be sidelined for months.

"We put in a good performance especially in the first half," Dortmund coach Edin Terzic said. "That's how we wanted to play in the second half, to keep the opponent away, but it did not work that way unfortunately. Hoffenheim put us under pressure and we lost possession and then at some point we were lacking the power to stay with the ball. We need to be clearer and more efficient in our finish. It was an unfortunate incident that did not seem so serious but the shoulder popped out. We hope he comes back quickly.”

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