Dortmund routed Bremen 5-1 to wrap up their second straight win, keeping the pressure on second place Leverkusen. The hosts from Bremen caught a better start but Franco di Santo failed to ensure a perfect start from close range. Bremen staged a well-positioned defence but lacked in creativity as Dortmund failed to find a gap inside Bremen's bulwark.
However, things changed in the 26th minute as Marcel Schmelzer forced a turnover to set up for Robert Lewandowski, who slotted home into the far post. Dortmund added another goal to their lead with just four minutes remaining in the first half as Henrikh Mkhitaryan dribbled his way through Bremen's defence to double from inside the box.
Juergen Klopp's men started where they left off as Manuel Friedrich headed it 3-0 on the scoreboards following his first goal for the BVB with just three minutes into the second half. To make things worse for Bremen, Mkhitaryan curled a back heel pass by Marco Reus from sharp angle past Bremen keeper Raphael Wolf to seal his brace in the 62nd minute.
The BVB were not done as Lewandowski reaped his second goal when he danced through the defence to poke home five minutes before final whistle. Levent Aycicek scored Bremen's consolation to reduce the arrears to 5-1 with one minute remaining.
Dortmund stay third with 39 points whilst Bremen drop to 13th position with 20 points.
Elsewhere, Wolfsburg earned their 10th win of the season, overcoming Mainz with three second-half goals.
Berlin increased Hamburg's precarious situation as Sami Allagui and Adrian Ramos inflicted the "Rothosen" a 2-0 loss.
Frankfurt cruised to a 3-0 win over bottom side Braunschweig thanks to three first-half goals and Freiburg and Hoffenheim share the spoils following a 1-1 draw.
