\nBERLIN, FEb 13 (AP): Marco Reus defied the boos of the home crowd with two goals against Union Berlin on Sunday, as Borussia Dortmund cruised to a 3-0 win to narrow the gap at the top of the Bundesliga to six points.
\nReus, who won a controversial penalty when the two teams met last season, was given a hostile welcome to the capital.
\nBut he silenced the home end with two first-half goals as Dortmund claimed their first ever away win at Union and gave themselves a faint hope in the title race.
\nAfter leaders Bayern slumped to a shock defeat at minnows Bochum on Saturday, the clash in the capital was a must-win for second-placed Dortmund.
\nDortmund made a nervy start but took the lead at the 18th minute, with Reus drilling a low shot home from close range amid a flurry of legs in the box.
\nA short while later, Reus doubled the lead on the counter-attack after Dan-Axel Zagadou caught the Union defence napping, with a devastating diagonal ball upfield.
\nUnion\u2019s valiant second-half resistance was ended on 71 minutes when Raphael Guerreiro poked in a third goal from close range.
\nTempers flared in the final 15 minutes as the home side had a goal ruled out by VAR for a foul on Manuel Akanji.
\nDortmund host reigning Scottish champions Rangers in the Europa League on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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