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Nov 9, 2014 at 4.30pm UK
 
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Borussia Dortmund end losing run with battling Borussia Monchengladbach victory

Borussia Dortmund pick up their first Bundesliga victory since mid-September to climb off the foot of the league table, edging out Borussia Monchengladbach 1-0.

Borussia Dortmund have climbed off the foot of the Bundesliga table courtesy of a 1-0 victory over high-flying Borussia Monchengladbach this evening.

The hosts, who came into this game on the back of five-straight defeats in the league, had the first effort of the game when Marco Reus's audacious effort from a tight angle in the second minute flew just wide.

Dortmund's Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan (R) and Moenchengladbach's midfielder Patrick Herrmann vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match on November 9, 2014© Getty Images

Dortmund continued to apply the pressure on their beleaguered opponents, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang also chipping in with efforts that were being repelled with difficulty by the visitors.

On the half-hour mark, Reus and Shinji Kagawa forced blocks from their respective efforts, before Lukasz Piszczek fired high and wide moments later.

Despite finding themselves under the cosh and not registering a single effort in the first half, Monchengladbach were able to ride out the storm and go into the break level.

BVB finally made the breakthrough shortly before the hour mark when Christoph Kramer sensationally lobbed his own keeper from 30 yards as the pressure finally began to tell.

Moments later a resurgent Dortmund side pushed forward once more, with Reus's effort crashing back off the crossbar.

The narrow miss mattered little in the end, though, as Dortmund held out to register their first league win since mid-September to climb up the table.

Gladbach taste defeat for the first time this season in the Bundesliga, meanwhile, to see the gap on leaders Bayern Munich open up at the top of the table.

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Dortmund's Armenian midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan (R) and Moenchengladbach's midfielder Patrick Herrmann vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match on November 9, 2014
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