RB Leipzig has given its new coach Domenico Tedesco a tailor-made debut and stopped its series of defeats in the Bundesliga. At the same time, the Saxons increased the crisis at Borussia Mönchengladbach with a 4-1 (2-0) success. The team of coach Adi Hütter has now conceded three defeats with a goal difference of 2:14.
In the arena, which was again deserted because of the Saxon Corona Protection Ordinance, the Leipzigers had no trouble against harmless Gladbachers. Josko Gvardiol (21st minute) with his first goal in the RB jersey, André Silva (33rd), Christopher Nkunku (90th + 1) and Benjamin Henrichs (90th + 4) scored the goals. The guest goal by Ramy Bensebaini (88th) only caused tension for a short time.
BVB loses ground in the top fight: only a draw at VfL Bochum
Julian Brandt saved Borussia Dortmund from the next Bundesliga defeat. With his goal in the 85th minute, the national player averted the imminent bankruptcy for the second in the table at 1: 1 (0: 1) in the contested Revierderby at VfL Bochum. A week after the 2: 3 in the contested Bundesliga summit against Munich, BVB offered a committed performance, but missed chances every minute. This increased the gap between Borussia and Bayern to six points.
In the first competitive game between the two district clubs for over eleven years, Sebastian Polter (40th / foul penalty) in front of 13,799 spectators had previously taken the lead for Bochum. The Dortmund team, supervised by co-trainer Alexander Zickler, got off to a better start. But the many attempts to overcome Bochum’s mostly solid defense this season with long balls on goal scorer Erling Haaland were unsuccessful. With a great fight, the frenetically cheered on by their fans from Bochum, created great problems for BVB in the build-up game.
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FC Bayern gives Nagelsmann an arduous anniversary win against Mainz 05
FC Bayern Munich gave coach Julian Nagelsmann his 100th victory in the Bundesliga and extended the lead in the standings. Kingsley Coman (53rd minute) and Jamal Musiala (74th) turned the intense game around on Saturday in a 2-1 (0-1) against the courageous 1. FSV Mainz 05 with a lot of effort and thanks to an increase after the break.
Karim Onisiwo had given the formally strong guests hope for points in the empty Allianz Arena after the opening goal (22nd minute). Bayern increased their lead at the top of the table to six points with Borussia Dortmund’s 1-1 draw at VfL Bochum. The replaced Corentin Tolisso is threatened with a break.
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2-1 at SC Freiburg: Richards scores in stoppage time for Hoffenheim
The US-American Chris Richards gave TSG 1899 Hoffenheim a last-minute victory in the Baden duel at SC Freiburg. The defender headed on Saturday in the 94th minute to 2: 1 (1: 1) of the guests. The team of coach Sebastian Hoeneß won the fourth game in a row and displaced Christian Streich’s team from fourth place in the Bundesliga.
Streich was also annoyed that the decisive goal was preceded by a corner kick for Hoffenheim and no free kick for Freiburg after a controversial situation at Lucas Höler. The former Freiburg goalkeeper Oliver Baumann saved the Kraichgauer victory (62nd) with a saved penalty against the former Hoffenheim Vincenzo Grifo. Streich missed his 100th victory as head coach of the sports club. The national players David Raum with his first goal in the upper house for Hoffenheim (3rd) and Nico Schlotterbeck for Freiburg (21st) previously met only 750 spectators in the Europa-Park Stadium due to the corona.
Jovetic and Selke gild Korkut’s home premiere at Hertha BSC
Tayfun Korkut celebrated his home debut as the new Hertha BSC coach with his first win. On the 15th matchday, the dominating Berlin team came to full points in a 2-0 (0-0) win against Arminia Bielefeld after five games without a win. In front of 5,000 spectators in the Berlin Olympic Stadium, Stevan Jovetic took the lead on Saturday with his fifth goal of the season in the 53rd minute. Practically with the final whistle, Davie Selke got the final score.