An own goal by Manuel Akanji (10th minute) and further goals by Florian Wirtz (20th), Robert Andrich (28th), Jonathan Tah (53rd) and Moussa Diaby (87th) sealed the deal in front of 10,000 spectators in Signal Iduna Park second home bankruptcy of Dortmund. The equalizer from Jeremie Frimpong’s own goal (16′) and the late goal from Steffen Tigges (90′) couldn’t change that.
Although Dortmund coach Marco Rose had worked intensively with his team to improve the recently weak defense during the two-week break, the defense was shockingly unstable. “It was a disastrous day for us. We didn’t get into the game at all and then got three counterattacks straight away,” said Dortmund captain Marco Reus. “All in all it was not enough. We don’t implement the guidelines.”
Meanwhile, Bundesliga“>Leverkusen captain Jonathan Tah was completely satisfied with his team’s performance. “The focus was clearly on the three points and we are very happy about that. It’s not just about places, it’s about points. And we should keep that up in the next few games,” said the scorer after the decisive 4-1.
German Bundesliga, 21st round
Sunday:
Dortmund – Leverkusen 2: 5 (1: 3
Goals: Frimpong (16’/own goal), Tigges (91′) or Akanji (11’/own goal), Wirtz (20′), Andrich (28′), Tah (53′), Diaby (87′)
Start 5.30 p.m.:
Wolfsburg – Greuther Furth -:- (-:-)
Saturday:
Bayern – Leipzig 3: 2 (2: 1)
Goals: Müller (12′), Lewandowski (44′), Gvardiol (58’/own goal) and Silva (27′), Nkunku (53′)
Bayern: Sabitzer from the 84th minute
Leipzig: Laimer up to the 61st
Bielefeld – Mönchengladbach 1: 1 (1: 1)
Tore: Serra (19.) bzw. Plea (38.)
Bielefeld: Wimmer played through, Schöpf from the 62nd minute, Prietl from the 87th minute.
Mönchengladbach: Lainer played through
Stuttgart – Frankfurt 2: 3 (1: 1)
Tore: Anton (42.), Kalajdzic (70.) bzw. N’Dicka (7.), Hrustic (47., 77.)
Stuttgart: Kalajdzic played through
Frankfurt: Hinteregger from the 83rd, Ilsanker from the 87th
Cologne – Freiburg 1: 0 (1: 0)
Tor: Modeste (23.)
Cologne: Ljubicic up to the 77th, Kainz up to the 85th, Schaub from the 85th
Freiburg: Lienhart played through
Augsburg – Union Berlin 2: 0 (1: 0)
Goals: Gregoritsch (16th), Hahn (59th)
Augsburg: Gregoritsch played through
Berlin: Trimmel played through
Mainz 2-0 Hoffenheim (0-0)
Tore: Lee (79.), Niakhate (83.)
Mainz: Onisiwo up to the 87th, Stöger from the 89th, Nemeth on the bench
Hoffenheim: Posch up to the 63rd, Grillitsch and Baumgartner from the 62nd, Haider on the bench
Friday:
Hertha BSC – Bochum 1: 1 (1: 0)
Goals: Belfodil (23′) and Polter (48′)
