After the arduous Bayern victory against Paderborn, the Dortmund chase did his job in the Bundesliga. Gladbach, on the other hand, lost two points late. On the Carnival weekend, the Rhenish clubs from Cologne and Düsseldorf celebrate victories in the relegation battle.
Berlin (dpa) - Borussia Dortmund has reduced the deficit to Bayern Munich in the title fight of the Bundesliga.
One day after the leader's lucky 3-2 win against SC Paderborn in the rear, BVB also had a compulsory victory at Werder Bremen with a 2-0 (0-0) win. In addition, the team coached by Lucien Favre reciprocated for the cup-off at the beginning of the month at the Hanseatic League, which was at risk of relegation.
Mönchengladbach, on the other hand, lost two points due to a goal in injury time in 1-1 (1-0) against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and is fourth now six points behind Bayern. However, coach Marco Rose's team could further narrow the gap with a success in the catch-up game against 1. FC Köln on March 11th. RB Leipzig can already move up to one point in Munich with a success at Schalke 04 in the evening and displace Dortmund (four points behind Bavaria) from second place.
In the relegation battle, 1. FC Köln and Fortuna Düsseldorf had important victories. The Cologne team beat Hertha BSC 5: 0 (3: 0) and overtook the Berliners with 13 points in 13th place, too. Six points less than Cologne and Berlin had relegation place 16 after 2-0 (1: 0 ) at SC Freiburg, the first league win under coach Uwe Rösler. Werder is 17th, three points behind Düsseldorf.
In Bremen, the Dortmunders had to be patient as the evening before Bayern. Defender Dan-Axel Zagadou scored in the 52nd minute from close range. Erling Haaland (66.) improved his record record and made the win perfect with his ninth goal of the season in the sixth league game. For Gladbach, international Matthias Ginter had already scored the opening goal in the 11th minute. Alasane Plea (74th) failed with a controversial penalty to 1899 goalkeeper Oliver Baumann. This came back late when Lucas Ribeiro (90. + 2) headed the equalizer.
The Cologne victory against desolate Berlin shot out Jhon Cordoba (4./22.), Florian Kainz (39./62.) And Mark Uth (70.). For Hertha coach Alexander Nouri, the home premiere ended in a debacle. Andre Hoffmann (37.) and Erik Thommy (61.) scored with their goals at Fortuna for the best carnival mood.
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