article_snippet.sent: Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Shinji Kagawa were on target as Borussia Dortmund returned to winning ways with a comfortable victory against relegation-threatened Paderborn at Signal Iduna Park.
article_snippet.sent: The win moved last season's Bundesliga runners-up to eighth in the table and leaves Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Shinji Kagawa with a realistic chance of qualifying for Europe, which would be a remarkable achievement for a club that was flirting with relegation themselves earlier in the year.
article_snippet.sent: Borussia Dortmund (4-2-3-1): Weidenfeller; Durm, Sokratis, Hummels, Schmelzer (Dudziak 82); Gundogan, Ginter; Blaszczykowski (Kampl 75), Kagawa, Mkhitaryan; Aubameyang (Immobile 85)
article_snippet.sent: Much of the pre-amble to this fixture understandably centred on Klopp's surprise announcement - coming at a press conference on Wednesday - but Dortmund are slowly creeping back up the table and with victory here moved to within three points of sixth-place Augsburg.
article_snippet.sent: Dortmund had lost their two previous Bundesliga matches against Borrusia Monchengladbach and Bayern Munich and, after being held by the visitors for the opening 45 minutes, cruised to victory with plenty to spare.
article_snippet.sent: After a frustrating opening 45 the hosts had to wait just three minutes after the interval before taking the lead. 
article_snippet.sent: Dortmund, clearly wary of their poor defensive record this season, continued to press and increased their advantage just eight minutes later when Aubameyang got Aubameyang name on the scoresheet after providing the first.
article_snippet.sent: The visitors stunned manager Jurgen Klopp's side by coming from two down in the reverse fixture earlier this season to earn a point, but there was to be no repeat this time around.