Borussia Dortmund loses once more in Bundesliga; Cologne wins Rhine derby

Borussia Dortmund slumped to a different Bundesliga defeat, 2-1 in Freiburg to lose extra floor within the race for Champions League qualification on Saturday.
Quick-fire targets from Jeong Woo-yeong within the forty ninth minute and an personal purpose from Dortmund goalkeeper Marwin Hitz within the 52nd noticed the guests lose their eighth sport in 20 rounds and drop three factors behind Bayer Leverkusen in fourth, the final qualifying place for Europe’s premier competitors.
The 16-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko’s 76th-minute strike got here too late for Dortmund.
“We again made mistakes that shouldn’t happen,” Dortmund coach Edin Terzic mentioned after their third defeat in 4 league video games.
LEVERKUSEN RESPONDS
Leverkusen’s 5-2 win over Stuttgart was capped by new signing Demarai Gray’s first purpose on his Bundesliga debut after switching from Leicester.
Kerem Demirbay scored twice to place Leverkusen on track earlier than Sasa Kalajdzic pulled one again within the fiftieth.
Leon Bailey made it 3-1 although there have been justified complaints from Stuttgart that Timothy Fosu-Mensah ought to have been penalized for hand-ball on the different finish. The Dutch defender stopped Kalajdzic’s effort along with his arm.
Bailey, Patrik Schick and Moussa Diaby had been concerned earlier than the 17-year-old Florian Wirtz headed Leverkusen’s fourth, and Gray killed the sport within the 84th after Kalajdzic scored his second.
“We had to win,” Leverkusen coach Peter Bosz mentioned after his workforce bounced again from three successive defeats.
COLOGNE’S DERBY DELIGHT
Two targets from Elvis Rexhbeçaj — early in every half — led Cologne over Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 within the Rhine derby.
Gladbach star Florian Neuhaus pulled one again however a botched backpass from Stefan Lainer gifted Rexhbeçaj for what proved to be the winner.
Cologne moved 4 factors away from the relegation zone after its first back-to-back wins this season, whereas Gladbach missed the possibility to maneuver above Dortmund and maintain tempo with Leverkusen. Gladbach remained seventh, behind Dortmund on purpose distinction.
MUSTAFI IN THE DEEP END
Former Germany defender Shkodran Mustafi made his Schalke debut regardless of not coaching with the workforce after becoming a member of from Arsenal, however his new workforce misplaced at house to second-placed Leipzig 3-0.
Schalke remained final and a agency candidate for relegation with only one win and eight factors from 20 video games.
“If we play with concentration and engagement we can have hope,” Mustafi mentioned.
WOLFSBURG WINS, UNION LOSES
Wolfsburg consolidated third place by beating Augsburg 2-0, and Mainz boosted its probabilities of survival by downing 10-man Union Berlin 1-0.
Union defender Nico Schlotterbeck conceded a penalty that Moussa Niakhaté transformed within the first half, earlier than he was despatched off for his second yellow card early within the second.
“We’re not doing these little things right at the moment,” Union coach Urs Fischer mentioned after his third loss in 4 video games with no win.
BAYERN’S UNHAPPY DELAY
Bayern Munich, which consolidated its lead beating Hertha Berlin1-0 on Friday, was pressured to attend in a single day for its flight to Doha, Qatar, for the Club World Cup after lacking a midnight cutoff for flying from Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
“Incomprehensible” mentioned former Bayern president Uli Hoeness, who was sad the workforce wasn’t granted an exemption to nighttime flight restrictions.