German Bundesliga
BVB, Leverkusen and Ilzer in action from 3.30 p.m.
Champions Bayer Leverkusen suffered a severe setback in the German Bundesliga title race on Saturday: Coach Xabi Alonso's team could not get past a 0-0 draw in Wolfsburg and are already eight points behind league leaders Bayern Munich. Christian Ilzer's Hoffenheim went down 4-0 at home to Union Berlin.
Niko Kovac's debut as coach of Borussia Dortmund went wrong. BVB lost 2-1 to VfB Stuttgart in front of their own fans.
Dortmund's performance under the new head coach was as hapless as it was flawed. BVB defender Waldemar Anton first made a terrible mistake with a bad pass, which VfB striker Deniz Undav was unable to convert (37'). In the second half, Anton finally gave the visitors the lead with an unfortunate own goal (50'). Julian Chabot increased the lead for VfB (61). Julian Brandt's goal (81') for Borussia, for whom Marcel Sabitzer played through, came too late. Julian Ryerson was sent off with a yellow card in the closing stages. Stuttgart are fourth, while Dortmund are stuck in eleventh place.
Pressure on Ilzer grows
It was Ilzer's sixth defeat in his eleventh league game as TSG coach, and the heavy home defeat against Union increased the pressure on the Styrian. Two goals from Benedict Hollerbach (24, 87), Ljubicic (61) and Andrej Ilic (73) secured an important victory for the Berlin side. The Croatian Ljubicic, who had recently moved to the German capital from LASK, scored two minutes after coming on as a substitute and also set up the fourth goal.
For Union, Christopher Trimmel was substituted for the final quarter of an hour, as was Alexander Prass for Hoffenheim. Ilzer's side remain in crisis in 15th place with 18 points from 21 games, while Berlin are now 13th with 24 points.
SC Freiburg defeated 1. FC Heidenheim (with Mathias Honsak) 1:0 with Philipp Lienhart and substitute Junior Adamu, but without Michael Gregoritsch, who was ill. Mainz and Augsburg drew goalless. Philipp Mwene played the first half for Mainz, Nikolas Veratschnig was substituted in the 67th minute.
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