Bayern Munich fail to safe Bundesliga title after shock loss at Mainz
Bayern Munich squandered its first likelihood to seal the Bundesliga title when it misplaced 2-1 at Mainz 05 on Saturday and can now have to attend for RB Leipzig’s sport on Sunday to see whether or not it has clinched its thirty first German league crown.
Jonathan Burkardt shocked the guests after three minutes, turning on the fringe of the field to attain as Mainz loved a robust begin, twice hitting the woodwork within the first 18 minutes.
The in-form hosts, unbeaten now in its final seven league video games, received a deserved second purpose within the thirty seventh when Quaison drilled in a header from a free kick.
The Bavarians took management of the sport after the break, however created far too few possibilities till striker Robert Lewandowski scored his thirty sixth purpose of the marketing campaign, after coming back from 4 weeks out with damage, with the ultimate kick of the sport.
Robert Lewandowski scored his thirty sixth Bundesliga purpose of the season.
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The Pole is chasing Gerd Mueller’s all-time Bundesliga document of 40 objectives in a season set in 1971/72.
Bayern, which has three video games left, is on 71 factors, 10 away from Leipzig, which performs VfB Stuttgart on Sunday. The Bavarians will likely be champions if Leipzig lose.
Mainz, having performed an excellent second half of the season after amassing solely seven factors of their first 17 video games, is now in twelfth place and virtually sure to remain up.
Haaland brace offers Dortmund hope of top-four
Erling Haaland scored twice to offer Borussia Dortmund a vital 2-0 victory at third-placed VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday, boosting his facet’s probabilities of a prime 4 end with three video games left within the season.
Haaland, who has now scored 38 objectives in his first 41 Bundesliga matches, a run matched solely by Uwe Seeler again within the Nineteen Fifties, pounced on a defensive error within the twelfth minute to place the customer forward.
Erling Haaland in all competitions this season:
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Playing with 10 males from the 59th minute following the second reserving of Jude Bellingham, Dortmund struck once more with Haaland. Mo Dahoud picked up the ball in his personal half and despatched the ahead on a fast break within the 68th with the 20-year-old beating keeper Coen Kasteels to take his season tally to 25 league objectives.
The Norway worldwide, the primary participant within the membership’s historical past to attain twice in 10 league video games in a single season, is seen as more likely to go away if Dortmund fail to qualify for the Champions League.
The Ruhr valley membership now transfer as much as 55 factors in fifth place, one behind Eintracht Frankfurt, in motion later at Bayer Leverkusen, and two off Wolfsburg, in third. The prime 4 groups qualify for the Champions League group stage.
