After three draws there was even an embarrassing 1-0 defeat at FC Augsburg on Saturday. When Bayer Leverkusen drew 1-1 against Bremen, a second of the four Champions League participants failed to achieve a resounding success.
Eintracht Frankfurt, meanwhile, converted the Champions League flow into a 2-1 away win in Stuttgart. In the late Saturday game, Leipzig coach Marco Rose made an explosive return to his former employer Borussia Mönchengladbach.
With great willingness to run and robust duel leadership, Augsburg kept the favorites in check. Even the 0-0 at the break was deserved, especially since the hosts themselves had the better chances without the ex-ÖFB captain Julian Baumgartlinger sitting on the bench. After the change of sides, FCA, who were previously unbeaten at home, were even able to celebrate the lead as a result of a long ball and disembodied defensive behavior by Leroy Sané. The former Salzburg Mergim Berisha thanked – completely alone in the center – with his first Bundesliga goal (59th).
Marcel Sabitzer, who was substituted at the break in Bayern’s Champions League win over Barcelona (2-0), was on the bench until the 69th minute. The German team players Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka initially formed the defensive midfield center. A narrow Sabitzer miss (89th) and Augsburg goalie Rafal Gikiewicz against the promoted Manuel Neuer sealed the Munich creative crisis. According to Sky information, Bayern remained four games without a win under Giovanni Trapattoni.
In the first district derby after a year’s break, Dortmund wanted to get back on the road to success after the defeats in Leipzig and Manchester. The Black and Yellows had a lot more of the game in front of their home crowd, but didn’t bring the crushing goal shot statistics to the scoreboard until Youssofa Moukoko’s headed goal (78th). Or according to another reading: The guests, with ex-Rapidler Leo Greiml sitting on the bench, almost always put a decisive foot in between.
Bitter for Dortmund in the hour of the (temporary) leap to the top of the table: Marco Reus, who suffered an ankle injury, was carried off the field on a stretcher in his 250th Bundesliga game for BVB.
Leverkusen and Bremen staged a wild game at times, but were stingy with efficiency up to the 57th minute. Kerem Demirbay’s flick to make it 1-0 was a treat (57′). Werder around the conspicuous neo-team player Romano Schmid and Marco Friedl remained poisonous. The reward came in the form of Milos Veljkovic’s 1-1 lead (82nd) and a point. Leverkusen, who defeated Atletico Madrid during the week, are stuck in the bottom of the table after seven league games with just one win.
Frankfurt had gained self-confidence with the Champions League victory in Marseille during the week. And also got a broad chest early on in Stuttgart. Stuttgart goalie Florian Müller defused a free kick insufficiently, Sebastian Rode was spot on for the rebound (6th). The Glasner squad didn’t shine after that, but Daichi Kamada added the crucial 2-0 lead with a deflected free kick (55th). After Tiago Tomas’ goal (79′), Kristijan Jakic (88′) finally cleared all doubts.
Source: Nachrichten
