Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich secured impressive wins over Hannover 96 and Schalke respectively to ensure the Bundesliga stays as competitive as ever. Bayer Leverkusen win away from home to ease the pressure on under fire
manager, Robin Dutt, whereas Borussia Monchengladbach dropped points to slip to third place.
Borussia Dortmund 3-1 http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hannover-96-c39492
The reigning German champions continued their dream run in the Bundesliga and won their eighth consecutive league fixture against Hannover at the Signal Iduna Park. The Borussians have been in sensational form after returning from
the winter break and are the favourites to lift the title at the end of the season.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ivan-c17215 Perisic found the net in injury time to claim all three points for the Black Yellows. The visitors were able to drag one goal back through Didier Konan
Ya but it was all in vain as Dortmund won their 16th game of the season in the league.
Bayern Munich 2-0 Schalke 04
The Bavarian giants and Die Knappen locked heads at Allianz Arena in one of the most anticipated matches of the weekend. Both teams had been in poor form after the winter break and needed a victory to bring their respective seasons
back on track.
Jupp Heynckes’ side proved yet again that they have the quality to beat any side in the league as they downed the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Royal-95-c40387 Blues with a 2-0 margin. Franck Ribery scored a sensational brace as the home side managed all three points.
The victory takes the Munich giants to second place on the table and they are still four points adrift of Borussia Dortmund.
Borussia Monchengladbach 1-1 Hamburg SV
The Foals failed to secure all three points at Borussia Park on Friday, February 24, when they met Hamburg SV. Both sides shared the spoils as the match ended 1-1. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mike-Hanke-c25699 opened the scoring for the host with a brilliant header
but his goal was later cancelled by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tolgay-Arslan-c35213 in the second-half as the visitors looked to make a comeback.
Monchengladbach have now slipped to third on the standings table after the draw and are five points adrift of Borussia Dortmund.
FC Koln 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen
FC Koln lost their fourth game in five league matches to pile more misery on manager Stale Solbakken. The Billy Goats were downed by Bayer Leverkusen with a 2-0 margin at the RheinEnergieStadion as the pressure eased on Robin Dutt.
The visitors were put in front by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lars-Bender-c21663 in the 16th minute after he found Vedran Corluka’s header inside the opposition’s box. The player completed his brace in the 51st minute with a simple finish to
give his side all three points.
In the weekend’s other results, Werder Bremen and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfB-Stuttgart-c40879 secured big home wins.
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