Bayern Munich can win the Bundesliga title next week
following a 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola's men moved 23 points clear at the top of
the table thanks to a header from Mario Mandzukic and Bastian Schweinsteiger's
free-kick, with Borussia Dortmund having lost at home to Borussia
Monchengladbach.
Stefan Kiessling pulled one back in injury time for
Leverkusen, but the Bavarians will now secure the title if they beat Mainz next
weekend and Dortmund and Schalke both fail to win.
Dortmund succumbed to a 2-1 home defeat to
Monchengladbach prior to Bayern's game.
The visitors took control of the game thanks to a strike
from Raffael and a fine solo goal from Max Kruse, but were reduced to 10 men
when midfielder Havard Nordtveit was sent off for a second bookable offence
after 69 minutes.
Dortmund took advantage through Milos Jojic's deflected
strike eight minutes later, but could not complete the comeback and saw coach
Jurgen Klopp dismissed late on after Marvin Ducksch had a goal ruled out for a
foul by Robert Lewandowski.
Huub Stevens' first game in a charge of struggling
Stuttgart ended in a 1-1 draw at Werder Bremen, who took a share of the spoils
thanks to Aaron Hunt's 79th-minute equaliser following Georg Niedermeier's
opener for Stuttgart.
Mainz moved up to fifth after coming from two goals down
to register a 4-2 success at Hoffenheim.
Shinji Okazaki was the hero for the visitiors, the Japan
forward's late double giving Thomas Tuchel's men the points after they had
levelled matters through Maxim Choupo-Moting and Benedikt Saller following
earlier strikes from Eugen Polanski and Roberto Firmino for Hoffenheim.
Wolfsburg's 1-1 draw at Eintracht Braunschweig allowed
Mainz to leapfrog them in the table, with Luiz Gustavo's 35th-minute strike not
enough for Dieter Hecking's side as Karim Bellarabi earned a point for bottom
club Braunschweig.
Elsewhere, Hannover moved nine points clear of the
relegation play-off place with a 3-0 win at Hertha Berlin.
Culled from Soccerway
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