Soccer-Dortmund crush Frankfurt 4-0 to storm into the Bundesliga top spot

Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Borussia Dortmund v Eintracht Frankfurt - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - April 22, 2023 Borussia Dortmund's Donyell Malen celebrates scoring their fourth goal REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen

DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund cruised past Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0, with two goals coming from Donyell Malen, on Saturday to take over the lead in the Bundesliga from Bayern Munich with five matches left in the season.

Dortmund scored three times in the first half to make sure of a club-record ninth straight home game win that lifted them to 60 points, one ahead of Bayern, who slumped to a 3-1 loss at Mainz 05.