Borussia Dortmund 4-0 FK Qabala Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Marco Reus and Henrikh Mkhitaryan on target as hosts cruise into Europa League knockout stages
Borussia Dortmund 4-0 FK Qabala: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Marco Reus and Henrikh Mkhitaryan on target as hosts cruise into Europa League knockout stages Marco Reus opened the scoring for the hosts on 28 minutesPierre-Emerick Aubameyang added a second from long-range Qabala's Sergey Zenjov scored an own goal to make it 3-0Henrikh Mkhitaryan wrapped up the win with a thunderous shotThe result sees Dortmund into the Europa League's last 32
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Borussia Dortmund are into the Europa League's last 32 after cruising to a 4-0 victory over Azerbaijan's FK Qabala.
Germany midfielder Marco Reus opened the scoring in the 28th minute, before Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang kept up his hot run of form to add a second on the stoke of half-time.
Qabala's Sergey Zenjov scored an own goal to make it 3-0 on 67 minutes and Henrikh Mkhitaryan wrapped up the win with a thunderous shot almost immediately afterwards.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (second left) celebrates scoring in the Europa League on Thursday night
Aubameyang (right) scores his 18th goal of the season in the 4-0 victory over FK Qabala at home
Borussia Dortmund attacking midfielder Marco Reus (right) celebrates opening the scoring
Reus makes it 1-0 on 28 minutes during the Europa League group-stage clash with Qabala on Thursday
Dortmund midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan (left) is congratulated on his goal by Aubameyang
Dortmund's defender Marcel Schmelzer (right) clears the ball under pressure during Thursday's game
Qabala's Sergei Zenjov (left) slides in with a tackle on Dortmund's Lukasz Piszczek in the Europa League
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MATCH FACTS:
Dortmund (4-2-3-1):Weidenfeller; Piszczek, Ginter (Gundogan 62), Hummels, Schmelzer; Bender, Weigl; Castro, Mkhitaryan, Reus (Januzaj 46); Aubameyang (Ramos 68)
Subs not used: Burki, Park, Subotic, Kagawa
Booked: Bender
Scorers: Reus 28, Aubameyang 45, Zenjov 67 (OG), Mkhitaryan 70
Qabala (4-2-3-1): Pietrzkiewicz; Vernydub, Stankovic, Santos, Ricardinho; Gai, Meza (Camalov 76) Colli; Dasdamirov, Antonov (Pereyra 68), Dodo; Zenjov (Zärgärov 86)
Subs not used: Popovic, Florescu, Sadiqov, Mirzabayov
Booked: Vernydub, Meza, Camalov, Zärgärov
The first chance of the game fell to Armenia international Mkhitaryan in the 13th minute, but the midfielder's shot went just wide.
A few minutes later, Zenjov almost put Qabala into a shock lead, but his acrobatic attempt cannoned safely off the post and behind for a goal-kick.
That near-miss appeared to be a wake-up call for Dortmund.
Reus cut inside from the flank before putting his laces through a 20-yard strike to claim his 17th goal in 32 European appearances.
Aubameyang got his name on the score-sheet in first-half injury time, side-stepping the last man before letting rip on a ferocious shot from outside the box.
The Gabonese hitman has now netted 18 times in just 15 appearances this season.
After the interval, disaster struck for Qabala as Zenjov inadvertently nodded into his own net.
Mkhitaryan then put the game beyond any doubt and made it 4-0 with 20 minutes remaining. The 26-year-old hit his shot first time on the edge of the area to rifle the ball into the top corner of the Qabala net.
Germany international Reus (left) breaks clear with the ball during Thursday's win over Qabala
Reus tries his luck at goal with a curling free-kick, but his attempt goes just wide of the target
Dortmund's defender Mats Hummels (left) tussles for possession with Qabala's Olexiy Antonov
Hummels (left) vies for the ball with Zenjov (centre) as Dortmund go on to win 4-0 at home
Gabon international striker Aubameyang controls the ball during the 4-0 win over Qabala