bas dost must have rung in the new year in some style the wolfsburg striker has been a transformed player since 2014 ticked over into 2015 and just can't stop scoring hardly prolific in the first half of the season, with just one goal to his credit, the dutchman is now europe's hottest striker following a sensational run of form dost's double in wolfsburg's thrilling 5 3 comeback win over werder bremen on sunday took his 2015 tally to 13 goals in eight outings bas dost celebrates yet another goal   this time in wolfsburg's 5 3 win at werder bremen on sunday  the tall dutch striker jumps for joy after scoring for wolfsburg against hertha berlin last weekend  january 30   two goals  wolfsburg 4 bayern munich 1  february 7   one goal  wolfsburg 3 hoffenheim 0  february 14   four goals  bayer leverkusen 4 wolfsburg 5  february 19   two goals  wolfsburg 2 sporting lisbon 0  february 22   two goals  wolfsburg 2 hertha berlin 1  march 1   two goals  werder bremen 3 wolfsburg 5  his total is second only to barcelona's argentine star lionel messi, who has 15 goals in 14 matches since the beginning of january but arguably dost's current form is more impressive, given that the bundesliga only resumed on january 30 following its winter break having scored against cologne in wolfsburg's last fixture before the winter pause, dost picked up where he'd left off with two against league leaders bayern munich on january 30 he then found the net in the home win over hoffenheim on february 7, before scoring four in a remarkable 5 4 win at bayer leverkusen a week later the run has continued, with dost scoring two goals in each of wolfsburg's matches with sporting lisbon, hertha berlin and werder bremen in the last fortnight the 25 year old's prolific form has pretty much sealed wolfsburg a place in next season's champions league   though they are eight points behind runaway leaders bayern, they have a 10 point cushion from third placed borussia monchengladbach they are also through to a last 16 europa league tie with italian giants inter milan dost's form has also stolen the thunder of andre schurrle, who arrived at the volkswagen arena from chelsea on deadline day for a fee of £22m 'things keep going, and they're going well,' said dost after his brace in bremen 'every week i'm here saying that [the goals] will stop again, but i just keep going and we'll see where i am in the end' dost's form has ensured wolfsburg are on course for a champions league place  dost celebrates after scoring in wolfsburg's dramatic 5 3 win at werder bremen on sunday  it hasn't always been so good for dost this is his third season in the bundesliga and by some way his best   he scored 12 in 33 matches in his first season at wolfsburg, then five in 15 last year the 6ft 5in target man has prospered from an effective link up with the former chelsea man kevin de bruyne, who has contributed six assists since the bundesliga resumed in january born in the dutch city of deventer, dost's first professional clubs were emmen and heracles almelo, where 15 goals during the 2009 10 season led to rumours of a move to ajax in the end, the 20 year old moved elsewhere in the eredivisie to heerenveen and realised his potential with two prolific seasons in 2011 12, he scored a remarkable 38 goals in 39 matches in dutch league and cup, finishing as the country's top goalscorer dost salutes the crowd at the volkswagen arena after scoring in the win over hertha berlin  applying a cool finish to score against hertha berlin during the recent bundesliga encounter  inevitably, there was interest from the premier league, with dost turning down a £7m move to aston villa at the time instead he moved to the bundesliga and wolfsburg, making an immediate impact with a stoppage time winner away to stuttgart on his debut aside from that, his winner at defending champions borussia dortmund last season was also memorable but it is this season that has seen dost elevate his game to another level having started the campaign as wolfsburg's third choice striker, he is now indispensible with his eye for goal, clinical finishing, aerial prowess and ability to hold the ball up, dost has matured into the complete package, raising plenty of eyebrows throughout the football world
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dost has 13 goals in eight matches since the start of 2015  his strikes have set wolfsburg on course for the champions league  dutchman scored twice in sunday's dramatic 5 3 win over werder bremen  he scored four in recent 5 4 bundesliga win at bayer leverkusen  wolfsburg are also into last 16 of europa league and face inter milan 