Berlin. With a bit of effort, FC Bayern maintained their lead in the Bundesliga. After a 0-1 deficit, the Munich team prevailed 3-1 (2-1) at VfB Stuttgart on Saturday, shaking off Borussia Dortmund for the time being. BVB suffered a 1: 2 (0: 1) defeat at home against 1. FC Köln, who had previously won 18 league games. RB Leipzig was able to overtake Arminia Bielefeld in second place with a 2-1 (1-0) mandatory win.
Union Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt delivered a spectacular match at 3: 3 (2: 2). FC Augsburg and SC Freiburg parted 1: 1 (0: 0). VfL Wolfsburg had already won 5: 3 (3: 2) against Werder Bremen on Friday.
Against the young people from Stuttgart, Bayern revealed some defensive weaknesses, as they did recently. Tanguy Coulibaly even gave VfB the lead in the 20th minute. But Kingsley Coman (38th), Robert Lewandowski (45th + 1) and Douglas Costa (88th) ensured the success for the German record champions with their hits.
The Dortmunders, however, tormented themselves again this time after convincing appearances in the league and Champions League. Despite a lot of dominance, coach Lucien Favre’s team ran after Ellyes Skhiri’s early goal (9th) for a long time. After an hour, Skhiri made things worse for the home side with his second goal. The connection through Thorgan Hazard (74th) was too little for BVB.
Unadorned mandatory victory of the Leipzig
The Leipzigers dealt with the task against the newcomers Bielefeld rather unadorned. Angelino’s goal in the 29th minute set the course, Christopher Nkunku punished a serious defensive error by the guests right after the break. After RB newcomer Alexander Sörloth missed a penalty (73rd), Fabian Klos made it exciting again with his first Bundesliga goal (75th).
Union got off to a turbo start. After just five minutes, the Berliners led 2-0 against Eintracht. Robert Andrich took advantage of a big mistake by guest keeper Kevin Trapp (2nd), Max Kruse increased shortly afterwards with a penalty kick (6th). But the Frankfurt team came back before the break thanks to a double from André Silva (27./37.). Bas Dost (78th) then even brought Hessen forward, but Kruse (82nd) saved Union with a dream goal the draw.
In a rather boring game in Augsburg, Vincenzo Grifo (64th) gave Freiburg hope that the downward trend would end. But Ruben Vargas (80th) equalized for the FCA. (dpa)
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