Gladbach surprises VfB
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Harry Kane celebrated his Bundesliga anniversary with a double pack. At the very wild 4: 3 (2: 0) of FC Bayern against Holstein Kiel, England’s national team captain scored his goals 54 and 55 in the 50th game in the Bundesliga (45.+3rd/46th minute) Jamal Musiala (19th) and Serge Gnabry (54th). The final phase then turned wild when Kiel turned late after the 1: 4 by Finn Porath (62.) by Steven Skrzybski (90.+1/90.+3) late and provided an amazing finish.
The lead of the leader on Doublesieger Bayer Leverkusen has grown to nine points at least until Sunday. It was the perfect start for the star team of coach Vincent Kompany in seven games in 28 days, in which the playoff duelle with Celtic Glasgow and the master summit with Leverkusen are the big highlights.
BVB wins the last game ahead of Tullberg’s U19 return
Despite a shaky final phase, Borussia Dortmund celebrated the redeeming first Bundesliga victory in the new year. Three days after the 3-1 win over Donetsk in the Champions League, the heavily battered eight -time German champion won 2: 1 (1-0) at the 1st FC Heidenheim at risk of relegation.
Goal hunter Serhou Guirassy (33rd minute) and substitute Maximilian Beier (63.) met for BVB. Mathias Honsak (64th) was only able to shorten the initially very defensive, but increasingly brave Heidenheimer in front of 15,000 spectators in the second half.
For BVB, the negative series of four winless league games ended in succession, for Mike Tullberg the time as an interim coach. The Dane, who won two victories and a draw in his three games as head of the Dortmund professionals, handed over to the new coach Niko Kovac on Sunday and returns to the U19 of Borussia. After the final whistle, he ran wildly in front of the Dortmund fan block. Heidenheim collected the third defeat in a row and is as a table-16. Continue deep in the relegation battle.
VfB Stuttgart also weakens against Borussia Mönchengladbach
Three days after the bitter Champions League-off, VfB Stuttgart completely failed to achieve the planned profit reaction. The 1: 2 (0: 1) in the home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach with Matchwinner Tim Kleindienst was an emotionally serious false start of the fourth in the table in the “Back in Europe’s premier class”.
Even with more emotionality, willpower and attack swing, the VfB team, which was rotated vigorously by coach Sebastian Hoeneß, could not prevent the defeat after the break. The compensation gate in the 49th minute was not enough. And it fell very strange, because Gladbach’s central defender Nico Elvedi pushed the ball into his own goal in the falling attempt to rescue.
Gladbach shocked the VfB professionals and the VfB fans among the 60,000 spectators twice: the Frenchman Nathan Ngoumou scored the 0-1 after a Stuttgart chain of errors on the defensive (25th). Only when Julian Weigl passed was slept into the free space. Then the determination of Angelo Stiller against the goal scorer was missing. The key scene was in minute 82: Small service only had to hold his foot after preparatory work by Luca Netz. Previously, he failed on a big chance on the strong keeper Alexander Nübel (75th). VfB-Joker Chris Leadich also had the chance to win, but pushed the ball into the arms of the Gladbach goalkeeper (72nd) in front of Moritz Nicolas. In the table, the Gladbacher moved up to two points to Stuttgart.
St. Pauli playful next home win against FC Augsburg
FC St. Pauli played victory late in the top game of the second round teams against FC Augsburg. In the duel of the two Bundesliga clubs, who had given the second half of the season before the match day, the Hamburgers did not get beyond a 1: 1 (1: 0) after the lead.
Due to the draw, the North Germans remain five points from the FCA in the table. The Augsburgers, who performed harmlessly over long distances, could have had the fourth victory one after the other and the third away win due to the result and thus stop a double club record. The 18-year-old American Noahkai Banks achieved (17th minute) with an own goal in his fifth Bundesliga mission in front of 29,546 spectators in the sold-out Millerntor Stadium. Substitute Mert Kömür made up for the Augsburg compensation late (83.).
SC Freiburg wins at VfL Bochum
The SC Freiburg has ended its negative run and increased relegation worries at VfL Bochum. The team of coach Julian Schuster gained 1-0 (1-0) at the district club. For Freiburg, it was the first victory after three defeats in a row and the first away success since the beginning of October.
In front of 25,900 spectators in the Ruhr Stadium, Kiliann Sildillia scored the decisive goal for the Breisgauer in the 34th minute. VfL, who had previously scored seven points from the past three home games, was too harmless this time. The team of coach Dieter Hecking remains the bottom of the Bundesliga.