Bayern Munich again dropped points in a 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on Saturday, and Hertha Berlin took another unwanted step toward relegation. (More Football News)
đ°Holders Bayern Munich stretched their lead to 10 points but second-place Borussia Dortmund have played two fewer games.
Bayern Munich again dropped points in a 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga on Saturday, and Hertha Berlin took another unwanted step toward relegation. (More Football News)
âHertha lost 2-0 at Borussia Mönchengladbach to slip into a direct relegation place with eight rounds of the league remaining, good news for Stuttgart which gained a vital draw in its fight against the drop.
êŠRobert Lewandowskiâs 29th league goal of the season was all Bayern could get despite dominating the game in Sinsheim, where Christoph Baumgartner had opened the scoring in the 32nd minute for Hoffenheim.
đIt was Bayernâs second consecutive draw in the Bundesliga after last weekendâs 1-1 with Bayer Leverkusen, and the third game in its last five in which it has dropped points.
đBayern stretched its lead to 10 points but second-place Borussia Dortmund has played two fewer games. Dortmund hosts coronavirus-hit Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday, and it still has to face Mainz after their game last week was postponed due to coronavirus infections.
àŒBayern had three goals ruled out for offside and missed a host of chances, while Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann helped frustrate the visitors with a string of good saves.
âLewandowski finally equalized in first-half injury time with a powerful header to Joshua Kimmichâs corner, but the Poland star was unable to add to his tally in the second half.
àČHertha hasnât won a competitive game this year and the loss at Gladbach could lead to the dismissal of Tayfun Korkut as coach. It was Herthaâs fifth straight defeat and its ninth consecutive game without a win.
đłâWeâll see,â Hertha general manager Fredi Bobic said about Korkutâs future.
êŠGladbach hadnât won any of its last three games but even without the coronavirus-infected coach Adi HĂŒtter at the helm â assistant coach Christian Peintinger filled in â the home team forced the initiative against Hertha.
âšA first-half penalty from Alassane Plea and second-half header from Matthias Ginter were enough for Gladbach to ease its own fears of getting dragged into a relegation scrap.
đSaĆĄa KalajdĆŸiÄ scored in the last minute to lift Stuttgart out of a direct relegation place with a 1-1 draw at Union Berlin.
đStuttgart, which ended its nine-game run without a win by beating Gladbach last weekend, moved ahead of Unionâs city rival Hertha on goal difference.
đâYou can be happy when you take a point from Berlin,â Stuttgart coach Pellegrino Matarazzo said, referring to Unionâs good record at home.
đ§Freiburg moved to fourth, the last qualification place for the Champions League, with a 3-2 win at home over Wolfsburg.
đ„Vincenzo Grifo opened the scoring with a perfectly placed free kick in the seventh minute, then rewarded Freiburgâs dominance with a brilliant second goal before the break. Nicolas Höfler crossed from the left and Grifo controlled the ball with his first touch and volleyed it in with his next.
đŽWolfsburg fought back to equalize in the second half, but Nico Schlotterbeck atoned for a mistake that preceded the equalizer when he let fly for the winner in the 87th.
êŠâIâm very happy that we could win because we had a lot of drama with corona,â said Freiburg coach Christian Streich, who was without several players due to coronavirus infections or injuries.
đ§Mainzâs game at Augsburg was called off due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak among the visitors.