Guirassy the hero as Dortmund win to cut gap to leaders Bayern

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Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy (R) scores his side's second goal with teammate Nico Schlotterbeck during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Heidenheim, at Signal Iduna Park. Bernd Thissen/dpa

Serhou Guirassy missed a penalty but still scored twice to lead Borussia Dortmund to a tight 3-2 win against bottom side Heidenheim on Sunday.

With the victory, Dortmund cut the gap to leaders Bayern Munich to six points after the German record champions were held to a 2-2 draw with SV Hamburg on Saturday.

Dortmund took the lead in the 44th minute after goalkeeper Diant Ramaj failed to clear a corner and the ball found Waldemar Anton, who slammed it home from close range.

Before the break, however, Heidenheim levelled thanks to Julian Niehues. He met Mathias Honsak's low cross, but his initial effort was blocked by Daniel Svensson.

But Niehues was first to the rebound and scrambled the ball past keeper Gregor Kobel.

Dortmund were stunned when Niehues added a second to his name in the 48th, again beating Kobel and helped by a slight deflection off Svensson.

While Marvin Pieringer wasted a good chance to make it 3-1 in the 57th, Guirassy didn't waste a penalty awarded to Dortmund after a handball and levelled the game in the 68th.

And it was Guirassy who completed the turnaround for the hosts, finishing off a fulminant counter-attack just two minutes later.

Guirassy missed a penalty in the 85th and the chance to put the game to bed, but luckily for Dortmund, Heidenheim also couldn't complete two dangerous chances in stoppage time.

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Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy (R) scores his side's third goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Heidenheim, at Signal Iduna Park. Bernd Thissen/dpa

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Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy (R) celebrates scoring his side's second goal with teammates during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Heidenheim, at Signal Iduna Park. Bernd Thissen/dpa

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Heidenheim's Julian Niehues (2nd L) celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Heidenheim, at Signal Iduna Park. Bernd Thissen/dpa

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Borussia Dortmund's Waldemar Anton (2nd L) celebrates scoring his side's first goal with teammates Karim Adeyemi (L), Yan Couto (2nd R) and Felix Nmecha (R) during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and 1. FC Heidenheim, at Signal Iduna Park. Bernd Thissen/dpa

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