Berlin (dpa) – Borussia Dortmund loses front runner Bayern Munich more and more out of sight at the end of the first half of the Bundesliga.
BVB lost to Hertha BSC 2: 3 (1: 0) and at the start of the second half are already nine points behind the record champions who won 4: 0 (1: 0) against VfL Wolfsburg at the start of the 17th matchday on Friday .
Hertha’s judge hits twice as worth seeing
Marco Richter shot Hertha to victory with two powerful long-range shots and spoiled the first half of the season for BVB on Saturday evening. The midfielder scored in the 57th and 69th minutes after Ishak Belfodil (51st) had equalized the Dortmund lead by Julian Brandt (31st). Steffen Tigges (83rd) made the connection. The Berliner left the relegation zone due to the success.
Borussia Mönchengladbach previously stopped its negative run, but forgave the victory at TSG Hoffenheim in stoppage time. Adi Hütter’s team conceded the late 1-1 (1-0) on Saturday after four defeats in a row. RB Leipzig suffered their first defeat in the third game under new coach Domenico Tedesco with 0: 2 (0: 0) against Arminia Bielefeld.
The bottom of the table, Greuther Fürth, scored in a 0-0 draw against FC Augsburg for the third time this season. For the time being, the new fifth is Frankfurter Eintracht, who won the Rhein-Main Derby 1-0 (1-0) against FSV Mainz 05 at the end of the year. Union Berlin climbed to sixth with a 1-0 (1-0) win at VfL Bochum.
In Sinsheim, Breel Embolo used a corner for the Gladbach lead in an entertaining game with numerous scoring chances (35th minute). Kevin Akpoguma scored 1: 1 in stoppage time (90th + 1). For the foals it was the first point win in almost a month at the end of the year. TSG remains fourth for the time being.
Surprise in Leipzig – zero number in Fürth
Leipzig finished the first half of the season with 22 points in a disappointing ninth place. Bielefeld achieved the second league win in a row with goals from Janni Serra (57th) and Masaya Okugawa (75th). Arminia also survived 20 minutes outnumbered after red for substitute Fabian Klos (70th), although the table-17. remains, but initially reduced the gap to 16th Stuttgart to one point.
The Frankfurters rewarded themselves with a goal from Jesper Lindström (35th) for a good performance and remain on course for the European Cup. With 24 points after a strong first half of the season, Mainz are three points behind Eintracht and Hoffenheim with the same number of points.
There were no hits in the duel between Fürth and Augsburg. With the draw with five points, the hosts at least avoided stopping Tasmania Berlin’s negative mark from the 1965/66 season. At that time, the Berlin team finished the first half of the season with 15 defeats, one draw and only one win. Augsburg’s lead over Bielefeld on the direct relegation zone melted to two points.
With the away win, Union climbed to sixth place, at least temporarily, after only one point from two games. Striker Max Kruse scored the only goal two days after his wedding (16th).
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