Berlin (AP) – Borussia Dortmund and VfL Wolfsburg lose connection with FC Bayern Munich. The Westphalia lost the Borussen duel in Mönchengladbach, which was so controversial for BVB coach Marco Rose, with 0: 1 (0: 1) and missed the leap to second place in the Bundesliga.
The Wolfsburg had to clear this about three hours earlier by the 1: 3 (1: 1) at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and thus the first defeat of the season. Bayer Leverkusen are new second on matchday 6 thanks to a 1-0 (0-0) win against FSV Mainz 05. Leverkusen and Wolfsburg are three points behind Munich at the top. The German champions presented a 3-1 win at SpVgg Greuther Fürth on Friday.
Runner-up RB Leipzig made a step out of the crisis with a 6-0 (3-0) win against Hertha BSC. It was only the second win of the season in the sixth game. The Rhenish clubs Bayer Leverkusen and 1. FC Köln also play a good role. Almost relegated Cologne won 1: 1 (1: 1) at Europa League participants Eintracht Frankfurt. 1. FC Union Berlin came to a late 1-0 (0-0) win against Arminia Bielefeld.
Dortmund now have four points less than Bayern. Denis Zakaria’s goal (37th) decided the game in favor of Rose’s ex-employer Mönchengladbach.
Wolfsburg cannot hold the lead
Wolfsburg took the lead through international Ridle Baku (25th), but André Kramaric (45th + 2), Christoph Baumgartner (74th) and Pavel Kaderabek (81st) turned the game around. The scenery in Sinsheim was again disappointing. With 8,523 visitors, Hoffenheim once again remained well below the approved mark of 15,075 fans. In the first two home games TSG did not get over 10,000 spectators.
In Leipzig, after goals from Christopher Nkunku (16th), Youssuf Poulsen (23rd) and Nordi Mukiele (45th + 3), the game was almost decided at the break. Then it was a terrible day for the Berliners by Emil Forsberg with a penalty kick (60th), again Nkunku (70th) and Amadou Haidara (77th). Hertha once again proved to be the favorite opponent for the Saxons, who did not score more wins or more goals against any other Bundesliga team. For the team of coach Pal Dardai it was the fourth bankruptcy of the season and the second complete failure after the 0: 5 in Munich.
Wirtz with a historic gate
Leverkusen’s youngster Florian Wirtz scored a historic goal. The 1-0 win against Mainz made him the youngest player in league history with ten goals. Wirtz was 18 years and 139 days old on Saturday. The previous record was held by world champion Lukas Podolski, who was 18 years and 353 days old when he scored his tenth goal in 2004.
Podolski’s former club Cologne was also an unpleasant opponent in Frankfurt and even took the lead through Ellyes Shkiri (14th), but new signing Rafael Santos Borré brought Eintracht back into the game with his first goal (45th + 6th). At that time, Luca Kilian was no longer in the game after a collision with his own goalkeeper Timo Horn. It was one of many injury disruptions in a competitive game.
Union player Timo Baumgartl was also hit hard by injuring his head or neck more seriously. The 25-year-old defender had collided with Bielefeld’s attacker Fabian Klos and had to be treated on the pitch for several minutes. He is even said to have been unconscious for a short time. He was then taken from the court on a stretcher with a neck brace around his neck. So he no longer got Kevin Behrens’ celebrated winning goal (88th).
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