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German giants Bayern München lost 3-1 to Hannover 96 on Saturday, a loss that threatened their Champions League place next season. The third consecutive loss left Bayern five points shy of second place and automatic Champions League qualification and a full 19 points behind runaway leaders Borussia Dortmund.
The home side took the lead on 16 minutes, as Norwegian striker Mohammed Abdellaoue latched on to an inch-perfect cross from Konstantin Rausch after a break down the left and lashed it past a helpless Thomas Kraft. And whatever van Gaal said at half-time, it had little effect as the defending champions found themselves two down after 51 minutes. Rausch again was the architect of Bayern's downfall, drilling a piledriver of a shot towards the Bayern goal that took a slight deflection off the head of the luckless Mario Gomez.
Bayern hit back almost instantly through their star combination of Arjen Robben and French midfielder Franck Ribery. After a goalmouth scramble, the Frenchman lifted a cross over the defence for Robben to head home. But midfielder Sergio Pinto sealed Bayern's fate with a 30-yard shot on 62 minutes that Kraft failed to gather, the ball evading his grasp and dribbling into the net.
Meanwhile, Dortmund took a huge step towards their first Bundesliga crown since 2002 with a 1-0 win over 1. FC Köln on Friday night. Poland striker Robert Lewandowski's 44th-minute strike proved enough to give Jurgen Klopp's side their 19th win of the season from 25 games as they cruise towards the title.
Bayer Leverkusen lead the chasing pack, their 3-0 hammering of VfL Wolfsburg closing the gap to 12 points.
On Sunday Bremen won at Freiburg and Mainz beat Hamburger SV.
The match on Friday (8.30 pm cet):
Borussia Dortmund - 1. FC Köln 1-0 (1-0)
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm cet):
VfB Stuttgart - FC Schalke 04 1-0 (1-0)
Hannover 96 - Bayern München 3-1 (1-0)
1. FC Nürnberg - FC St. Pauli 5-0 (3-0)
Borussia Mönchengladbach - 1899 Hoffenheim 2-0 (0-0)
Eintracht Frankfurt - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0-0
The match on Saturday (6.30 pm cet):
Bayer Leverkusen - VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 (3-0)
The match on Sunday (3.30 pm cet):
SC Freiburg - Werder Bremen 1-3 (0-1)
The match on Sunday (5.30 pm cet):
Hamburger SV - FSV Mainz 05 2-4 (1-0)
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German giants Bayern München lost 3-1 to Hannover 96 on Saturday, a loss that threatened their Champions League place next season. The third consecutive loss left Bayern five points shy of second place and automatic Champions League qualification and a full 19 points behind runaway leaders Borussia Dortmund.
The home side took the lead on 16 minutes, as Norwegian striker Mohammed Abdellaoue latched on to an inch-perfect cross from Konstantin Rausch after a break down the left and lashed it past a helpless Thomas Kraft. And whatever van Gaal said at half-time, it had little effect as the defending champions found themselves two down after 51 minutes. Rausch again was the architect of Bayern's downfall, drilling a piledriver of a shot towards the Bayern goal that took a slight deflection off the head of the luckless Mario Gomez.
Bayern hit back almost instantly through their star combination of Arjen Robben and French midfielder Franck Ribery. After a goalmouth scramble, the Frenchman lifted a cross over the defence for Robben to head home. But midfielder Sergio Pinto sealed Bayern's fate with a 30-yard shot on 62 minutes that Kraft failed to gather, the ball evading his grasp and dribbling into the net.
Meanwhile, Dortmund took a huge step towards their first Bundesliga crown since 2002 with a 1-0 win over 1. FC Köln on Friday night. Poland striker Robert Lewandowski's 44th-minute strike proved enough to give Jurgen Klopp's side their 19th win of the season from 25 games as they cruise towards the title.
Bayer Leverkusen lead the chasing pack, their 3-0 hammering of VfL Wolfsburg closing the gap to 12 points.
On Sunday Bremen won at Freiburg and Mainz beat Hamburger SV.
The match on Friday (8.30 pm cet):
Borussia Dortmund - 1. FC Köln 1-0 (1-0)
The matches on Saturday (3.30 pm cet):
VfB Stuttgart - FC Schalke 04 1-0 (1-0)
Hannover 96 - Bayern München 3-1 (1-0)
1. FC Nürnberg - FC St. Pauli 5-0 (3-0)
Borussia Mönchengladbach - 1899 Hoffenheim 2-0 (0-0)
Eintracht Frankfurt - 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0-0
The match on Saturday (6.30 pm cet):
Bayer Leverkusen - VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 (3-0)
The match on Sunday (3.30 pm cet):
SC Freiburg - Werder Bremen 1-3 (0-1)
The match on Sunday (5.30 pm cet):
Hamburger SV - FSV Mainz 05 2-4 (1-0)
