Jakub Blaszczykowski's brace smoothed the uncontested 3-0 win for Dortmund over Nuremberg to conquer second position at the opener of the 19th round of German Bundesliga on Friday.

Polish internationals Blaszczykowski and Robert Lewandowski wrapped up Dortmund's win against Nuremberg to reduce Bayern Munich's lead on top of the standings to nine points.

The defending champions took the reins, as expected, with the start of the encounter. Still Nuremberg nearly caught the hosts flat footed when Tomas Pekhart's and Markus Feulner's promising chances were defused by Dortmund goalie Roman Weidenfeller.

A few minutes later Borussia Dortmund opened the scoring as Nuremberg's Timo Gebhardt was penalized for a supposed foul play to Lukasz Piszczek inside the box. His teammate Blaszczykowski stepped up to convert the penalty from the spot with 18 minutes into the match.

"Kuba" sealed his brace only three minutes later when he utilized Mario Goetze's assist to make it two on the scoreboards.

Dortmund controlled the proceedings but their poor finish spared Nuremberg a goal spree. The visitors showed vital signs at the hour mark when Pekhart and Feulner tried to threat Dortmund well positioned defence.

Dortmund were not done with the scoring as Lewandowski marked the final 3-0 score at the 88th minute to inflict Nuremberg the 8th loss of the season.

The following fixtures are scheduled for Saturday: Monchengladbach face newly promoted Dusseldorf, Hannover meet Wolfsburg, Augsburg see Schalke, newly promoted Greuther Fuerth host Mainz, newly promoted stunners Frankfurt encounter Hoffenheim and Freiburg clash third positioned Leverkusen.

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