Lienhart also scored the 1-0 lead in the 2-1 defeat of SC Freiburg in Bochum, as did Ljubicic, whose 1. FC Köln won a stormy Rhine derby against Mönchengladbach 4-1. Gregoritsch saved FC Augsburg from a 1-1 draw at Hertha BSC in the 97th minute.
Lienhart scored his third goal of the season more with his shoulder than his head in the 51st minute. In the final phase, however, the central defender slipped at a crucial moment and thus gave Milos Pantovic from the center circle the remarkable goal to make it 2-1 for Bochum.
Haaland hits on comeback
The deficit of third Freiburg on front runners Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund grew to nine eight points. Because while Bayern celebrated a narrow home win in the evening game thanks to a goal by Leroy Sane (71st) in the evening game against Arminia Bielefeld, BVB turned a 0-1 deficit at Wolfsburg into a 3-1 victory. Erling Haaland scored the final goal on his comeback after an injury break in the 80th minute in the style of a karate fighter.
The Austrian VfL keeper Pavao Pervan did not cut a good figure in Donyell Malen’s second goal in the 55th minute, while Emre Can’s penalty hit (35th) had thrown himself in the wrong corner. From the 73rd minute, goal machine Erling Haaland made his comeback in the BVB dress – eight minutes later he made the final score from close range.
Cologne plays in the derby, Lainer with a short stint
The Cologne derby against Gladbach was an eventful game with opportunities on both sides. After Ljubicic’s premier goal, which hit the top corner with a volley, it was only Jonas Hofmann (74th) who equalized for Adi Hütter’s “foals”. Mark Uth (77th) and Ondrej Duda (78th) turned the sold out RheinEnergie Stadium with 50,000 spectators into a madhouse.
Louis Schaub came on a short assignment for Cologne and prepared the 4: 1 by Sebastian Andersson in stoppage time. Florian Kainz had already been replaced in the 70th minute. At Gladbach, Stefan Lainer was back on the pitch for the first time from the 81st minute after a long injury break.
Hoffenheim wins after 0: 1 with 6: 3
There were nine goals to be admired at the clash between relegation candidate Greuther Fürth and TSG Hoffenheim. Hoffenheim won 6-3 despite a 0-1 deficit, with Ihlas Bebou scoring three times. The Austrians Stefan Posch and Florian Grillitsch played through with the winning team, their compatriot Christoph Baumgartner missed the match due to a muscle injury. Fürth suffered its eleventh defeat in a row – no other club had been so unsuccessful before.
At least according to the snapshot, there was a relegation battle in the duel between Hertha BSC and Augsburg. In the end there was a 1: 1 in the Olympiastadion. The substitute in the 76th minute Gregoritsch scored in the seventh minute of stoppage time in the last action.
German Bundesliga, 13th round
Friday:
Stuttgart – Mainz 2: 1 (1: 1)
Tore: Ito (21.), Sosa (51.) bzw. Hack (38.)
Stuttgart: without Kalajdzic (injured); Mainz: Onisiwo up to 75, Stöger from 75, Nemeth up to 75.
Saturday:
Wolfsburg – Dortmund 1: 3 (1: 1)
Goals: Weghorst (2nd) or Can (35th / penalty), Malen (55th), Haaland (80th)
Wolfsburg: with Pervan, without Schlager (injured)
Bochum – Freiburg 2: 1 (0: 0)
Goals: Polter (54.), Pantovic (82.) and Lienhart (51.)
Freiburg: with Lienhart
Fürth – Hoffenheim 3: 6 (1: 2)
Goals: Leweling (22nd), Tillman (46th), Hrgota (67th) and Bebou (32nd, 62nd, 80th), Rutter (40th, 57th), Meyerhöfer (66th / own goal)
Hoffenheim: with Grillitsch, Posch, without Baumgartner (injured)
Hertha BSC – Augsburg 1:1 (1:0)
Goals: Richter (40th) and Gregoritsch (97th)
Augsburg: Gregoritsch from 76.
Cologne – Mönchengladbach 4: 1 (0: 0)
Goals: Ljubicic (55th), Uth (77th), Duda (78th), Andersson (93rd) and Hofmann (74th)
Cologne: Ljubicic up to 82nd, Kainz up to 70th, Schaub from 82 .; Gladbach: Lainer from 81, Wolf substitute, coach Hütter
Bayern Munich – Bielefeld 1: 0 (0: 0)
Tor: Sane (71st)
Sunday:
