AP, Berlin :Borussia Dortmund routed Borussia Moenchengladbach 4-0 at home in its Bundesliga opener Saturday, displaying the kind of tenacious free-flowing football that led the club to back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012.”It was fully deserved. They were much better,” said Moenchengladbach coach Lucien Favre, whose side will play in the Champions League this season. “They played with a lot of tempo. They were faster than we were, full stop.”Under new coach Thomas Tuchel, who took over from Juergen Klopp after the club’s difficulties last season, Dortmund dominated possession and chances from the start.”We knew we had to play to the limit from the start,” said Tuchel, who has led Dortmund to four wins from four competitive games with 12 goals scored and none conceded.Marco Reus scored against his former side in the 15th minute, hammering the ball inside Yann Sommer’s near post after being set up by Japan international Shinji Kagawa.Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang made it 2-0 with a glancing header to Marcel Schmelzer’s inch-perfect cross in the 21st and set up Mkhitaryan after sprinting down the right 12 minutes later. New signing Julian Weigl won the ball and Ilkay Gundogan sent it on for Aubameyang to chase.The 19-year-old Weigl, who arrived from second-division 1860 Munich, was a surprise inclusion and impressed on his Bundesliga debut.”I congratulated him on his performance,” Tuchel said.
