Hamburg thump Dortmund

Hamburg dented Borussia Dortmund’s title hopes with a 3-1 win on Friday in a Bundesliga clash which started 15 minutes late due to heightened security measures following the Paris terror attacks.

Goals from Pierre-Michel Lasogga, Lewis Holtby and a Mats Hummel own goal sealed the three points for Hamburg who moved up to eighth in the table while defeat left Dortmund facing the prospect of slipping eight points behind leaders Bayern Munich by the end of the weekend.

Hamburg coach Bruno Labbadia was delighted with his team’s performance.

“We didn’t let them come too far forward and we stayed true to our tactics. It is never easy against Dortmund, they are a great side,” he said.

Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki said the performance was his team’s worst of the campaign.

“We just weren’t as aggressive as them. That’s the worst game we have played this year — we will have to see where to improve,” said the keeper.

“We had won seven matches in a row before this game, so all we can do is go back and try and make it better.”

The start of Friday’s game was delayed for safety reasons, adding to the tension just three days after a bomb scare caused Germany’s friendly with the Netherlands in Hanover to be postponed.

Heavy traffic as well as tightened security checks being carried out in the aftermath of Paris attacks.