Bundesliga Roundup: Bayern loses to Mainz; Dortmund tops league
BERLIN — Bayern Munich misplaced and Borussia Dortmund seized its probability because the Bundesliga acquired a brand new chief on Saturday.
Donyell Malen scored twice in Dortmund’s 4-0 rout of Eintracht Frankfurt because the “black and yellows” capitalized on Bayern’s earlier 3-1 loss at Mainz to maneuver one level above the defending champion with 5 rounds remaining.
“The table looks very well now,” Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl mentioned with a smile.
The stress was on Dortmund after it failed to use Bayern’s 1-1 draw with Hoffenheim final weekend, however Edin Terzić’s crew responded with a dedicated efficiency to firmly declare its title credentials. Dortmund is bidding to finish Bayern’s 10-year reign as German champion.
Jude Bellingham opened the scoring within the nineteenth minute, drawing the ball previous a defender together with his first contact earlier than taking pictures contained in the far publish, Malen scored his first 5 minutes later, then Mats Hummels headed Dortmund’s third objective earlier than the break.
After conceding three objectives to 10-man Stuttgart final weekend, Dortmund maybe wanted Malen to settle the problem within the 66th. Karim Adeyemi arrange each of the Dutch participant’s objectives.
MAINZ MISERY
Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel endured a disappointing return to his former membership Mainz the place his crew squandered the lead and misplaced 3-1.
Sadio Mané scored and Bayern appeared set to stretch its league result in 5 factors forward of the late recreation. Mané headed in João Cancelo’s cross on the far publish within the twenty ninth minute.
But Mainz improved after the break and Ludovic Ajorque equalized within the sixty fifth when Bayern’s protection was unable to clear the ball after a free kick. Leandro Barreiro scored the house crew’s second within the 73rd, and 6 minutes later Spanish left again Aarón Martín marked his twenty sixth birthday by scoring Mainz’s third.
“Again I’m sitting here saying I didn’t see it coming, because there wasn’t any sign of it,” Tuchel mentioned, echoing his phrases after Bayern’s Champions League loss to Manchester City on Wednesday. “I was happy with the first half, we lost our way a bit in the second.”
Bayern’s loss will increase the stress on chief govt Oliver Kahn and sporting director Hasan Salihamidžić. They have been already below scrutiny for his or her choice to fireside coach Julian Nagelsmann earlier than decisive video games final month. Bayern has since crashed out of the Champions League and German Cup, and Nagelsmann’s substitute, Tuchel, has simply two wins from seven video games throughout all competitions.
“A defeat is always a brutal disappointment and an extreme discrepancy between expectation and reality for us,” Bayern veteran Thomas Muller mentioned. “In the current situation, it’s even harder to bear.”
Pál Dárdai’s return for his third stint as Hertha Berlin coach didn’t encourage the crew when it slumped to a 4-2 loss at residence to Werder Bremen – a consequence that left Hertha on the underside with little hope forward of its go to to Bayern subsequent weekend. Marvin Ducksch scored a hat trick for Bremen.
Wolfsburg routed Bochum 5-1 away, and Cologne gained at Hoffenheim 3-1.
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