No spectacular collapse for Dortmund this time, a week after their 6-0 victory against Mönchengladach, but an inability to give the necessary boost to kill the match when it was possible, at the start of the second period.
Thorgan Hazard, Eden’s brother, opened the scoring for Borussia in Augsburg after a spectacular slalom on the right of the defense, and a low cross shot (1-0, 35th). But Noah Sarenren Bazee equalized (1-1, 78th) after confused action in the BVB box.
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BVB were again without their Norwegian striker Erling Haaland, injured in the adductors. The 21-year-old striker hasn’t played since January 22, and his return is being pushed back week by week. “He still has discomfort, it can last a few more days“, simply said his trainer Marco Rose.
With this new setback from Dortmund, Bayern (winner 1-0 on Saturday in Frankfurt), is therefore heading more than ever towards a tenth consecutive title. Third and fourth, Leverkusen and Leipzig, are pushed back to 14 and 18 points respectively.
Nkunku as savior for Leipzig
Christopher Nkunku unstoppable! The Frenchman scored a late goal on Sunday (82nd), allowing Leipzig to snatch a precious victory at promoted Bochum, which allows him to retain his fourth qualifying place for the Champions League. The RB, which is paying for its poor start to the season, is still eighteen points behind leader Bayern Munich and nine behind its runner-up Dortmund (who has not yet played). But third place no longer seems inaccessible, since only four points separate him from Leverkusen.
Although it only holds thanks to a favorable goal difference (Freiburg and Hoffenheim have 40 points like Leipzig), this position in the Top 4 is crucial for the leaders of the RB, who need a new qualification in the League of champions to continue the programmed development of the club. It was seeing this goal elude them that they sacked American coach Jesse Marsch in December to replace him with Italian-German Domenico Tedesco. Since his arrival, the RB have lost only two of their 13 matches, and have mainly returned to the fight for the Champions League. Leipzig is also the only major German club still in contention in the German Cup, of which it is now the favourite.
After the fireworks of the last matches (14 goals in four games), Leipzig nevertheless struggled to bend a Bochum team currently 11th, and which intends to survive its first season in the elite. After qualifying for the knockout stages of the Europa League won on Thursday thanks to a victory at Real Sociedad (3-1), Tedesco had replaced seven players, including Nkunku, who entered as Joker in the second period. The former Parisian, who at 24 has shown exceptional consistency in performance this season, was once again decisive, scoring his 13th goal of the season in the league, his sixth in the last four matches. Served in depth in the race by the former Monegasque Benjamin Henrichs, he won his duel against the goalkeeper, in a style which is gradually becoming his trademark.
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