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  • Bundesliga: Bellingham shines in Dortmund defeat to Freiburg

    Bundesliga: Bellingham shines in Dortmund defeat to Freiburg

    Jude Bellingham played a part in a Borussia Dortmund goal and hit the post but could not stop them slipping to a Bundesliga defeat at Freiburg.

    Outstanding goals early in each half from Vincenzo Grifo and Roland Sallai gave the home side control but Dortmund had hope when Bellingham’s volley went in off Yannik Keitel for an own goal.

    The visitors controlled possession but lacked cutting edge in the final third.

    Defeat leaves Dortmund with three points from their first two games.

    Dortmund had equalled the club record of eight successive league wins with victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in the season opener but rarely looked like breaking the record here.

    Their best chance to equalise fell to the usually clinical Erling Braut Haaland, but he spooned over when clean through.

    This defeat caps a disappointing week for Dortmund, who also lost in the German Super Cup to Bayern in midweek.

  • Bayern Munich end mini-slump with tight win over Freiburg

    Bayern Munich end mini-slump with tight win over Freiburg

    Bayern Munich returned to winning ways with a battling 2-1 victory at home to Freiburg on Sunday, which extended their lead at the top of the Bundesliga to four points.

    Bayern Munich, who lost on penalty kicks to Holstein Kiel in the German Cup in midweek having been beaten in the league by Borussia Moenchengladbach last weekend, prevailed in sleeting conditions.

    Robert Lewandowski’s early strike and Thomas Mueller’s 74th minute winner helped them take advantage of RB Leipzig’s 2-2 draw at Wolfsburg on Saturday.

    Freiburg had won their last five league games and were always in the contest, with Nils Petersen levelling moments after coming on in the second half.

    He also rattled the bar late on as Bayern Munich clung on.

    Bottom side Schalke 04, who snapped a 30-game league winless run last weekend, bid to lift themselves off the bottom when they visit Eintracht Frankfurt in Sunday’s late game.

  • Havertz goal earns Bayer Leverkusen win at Freiburg

    Havertz goal earns Bayer Leverkusen win at Freiburg

    Bayer Leverkusen secured a scrappy 1-0 Bundesliga victory at Freiburg on Friday, bouncing back from a midweek setback to win with an opportunist goal by forward Kai Havertz.

    The result lifted Bayer Leverkusen, who were hammered 4-1 by VfL Wolfsburg at home on Tuesday, two places up to third on 56 points from 29 games.

    They are eight points behind champions and leaders Bayern Munich who entertain Fortuna Duesseldorf on Saturday.

    Freiburg stayed eighth on 38 points after stretching their winless run to four games since the Bundesliga restarted on May 16 following a two-month lay-off caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Havertz netted a 54th minute winner for the visitors when he poked a close-range shot through goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow’s legs after Leon Bailey threaded a superb pass through to the 20-year-old.

    A dull first half produced a solitary chance for Freiburg in the 43rd minute, when Lucas Hoeler fired wide of the far post with only Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky to beat.

    With Bayer Leverkusen gaining the upper hand after taking the lead, Julian Baumgartlinger had a goal disallowed for the visitors in the 63d minute.

    The goal was disallowed for a push on Dominique Heintz and that finally seemed to spring the home side into action.

    Nils Petersen missed Freiburg’s best chance for an equaliser in the 87th minute, allowing Hradecky to keep out his scuffed shot.

    This was after a flowing move left him with time and space inside the penalty area.

    In Saturday’s other standout fixture, former champions Werder Bremen, who are in danger of relegation as they are six points adrift of the safety zone, visit ninth-placed Schalke 04.

    Schalke 04 are on a 10-match winless league run.