Laimer scored his third and fourth league goals this season at the sold-out Signal Iduna Park. The 24-year-old lobbed from a tight angle and then raised with the help of Emre Can, who deflected his shot. After the break, Laimer made it 3-0. In the finish, Donyell Malen shortened the lead (84′), but Dani Olmo made the final score (86′) with a shot worth seeing. Six games before the end, Dortmund’s title dreams should be over.
Especially since leaders Bayern Munich had previously won the guest game at SC Freiburg 4-1 (0-0) and are now nine points ahead of Dortmund. On his 27th appearance, Marcel Sabitzer scored his first goal for Bayern as a “joker”.
After a goalless first half, Leon Goretzka gave Bayern the lead on his comeback after a four-month break (58′), Joker Nils Petersen equalized just 17 seconds after being substituted on (63′), it was his 100th goal for the people of Breisgau . Serge Gnabry (73′), Kingsley Coman (82′) and Sabitzer (96′), who came on as a substitute in the 85th minute, made things clear. Philipp Lienhart played through for the hosts.
Switching error provides a topic of conversation
However, Bayern have to fear an aftermath as a result of a mistake in substitution. Shortly before the end, Coman had not left the field for 20 seconds, but Sabitzer had already entered the field. Referee Christian Dingert had interrupted the game when Freiburg protested that Munich were outnumbered. “The wrong number was shown and Kingsley didn’t know that he should leave the field,” explained coach Julian Nagelsmann afterwards.
Only after a while did the referee continue the game, but later noted what had happened in his report to the German Football Association. “Everything else will be decided by the DFB.” Bayern does not have to expect an objection, at least from the Freiburg side, confirmed coach Christian Streich: “We don’t have to do that either, we are subject to a set of rules.” According to these rules, there are consequences for the game evaluation not very likely, especially since nothing decisive happened during the short majority.
Kalajdzic converted penalties and earned applause
Stuttgart’s Kalajdzic scored his fourth goal of the season via a hand self-kick (25′) caused by his compatriot Patrick Wimmer. An Austrian was also involved in the equalizer in Bielefeld. Alessandro Schöpf crossed into the penalty area, where the ball was extended to Florian Krüger, who netted to make it 1-1 (59′). The draw didn’t really help either team in the fight to stay up, Bielefeld is 16th with 26 points, Stuttgart with one point more 14th.
The game became a minor matter in the end after Bielefeld’s Fabian Klos collided with Alessandro Schöpf and was treated longer on the pitch. Because it took so long for the paramedics to bring the stretcher, ÖFB team striker Kalajdzic ran towards them and took the transport device from them. There was applause from the Bielefeld audience. Kramer also thanked the Stuttgart legionnaire, Klos then had to be taken to the hospital.
