Saturday 4 April 2015 20:29, UK
Bayern Munich restored their 10-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga with a 1-0 win at Borussia Dortmund in the German Klassiker.
Former Dortmund striker Robert Lewandowski's header was enough to win it for Pep Guardiola's men, who took a step closer to a third straight Bundesliga title as they responded to Wolfsburg's win earlier on Saturday.
Defeat means Dortmund will have to shelve their hopes of creeping into contention for a place in Europe for the time being. With seven games of the season remaining, Jurgen Klopp's men trail sixth-placed Augsburg, who have a game in hand, by five points.
Borussia Monchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen continued their bid for automatic Champions League qualification by posting big wins on Saturday.
Third-placed Gladbach recorded an impressive 4-1 victory at Hoffenheim to remain two points clear of Leverkusen, who eased past Hamburg 4-0.
Sven Schipplock gave Hoffenheim the lead against the run of play, but Max Kruse levelled from the penalty spot before Patrick Herrmann put Gladbach ahead.
Raffael added a third before Herrmann struck again to keep Lucien Favre's men ahead of fourth-placed Leverkusen, who made it a debut to forget for new Hamburg coach Peter Knabel.
Two goals each from Gonzalo Castro and Stefan Kiessling earned Roger Schmidt's side a comfortable win that keeps them on course for a berth in the Champions League next season.
Second-placed Wolfsburg remain seven points clear of Gladbach after a 3-1 win at home to basement side VfB Stuttgart.
Swiss midfielder Ricardo Rodriguez converted a penalty and a free-kick either side of half-time before ex-Chelsea winger Andre Schurrle came off the bench to add their third.
Werder Bremen missed an opportunity to put some pressure on the top six as they were held to a 0-0 draw at home by Mainz.
There were chances at both ends in an open encounter at the Weserstadion, but neither could find a route to goal with the point a fair reflection.
Freiburg picked up their third win of the season over Cologne to put a bit of breathing space between themselves and the relegation zone.
Mike Frantz scored the only goal of the game to secure Freiburg's second win in a row and take them above Hannover in the standings, three points ahead of 16th-placed Hamburg and just two points adrift of their guests.
Struggling Hannover came from two goals down to grab a 2-2 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt and relieve some of the pressure on their coach, Tayfun Korkut.
Alexander Madlung and Stefan Aigner gave the Eagles a two-goal cushion, which looked like it would be good enough for all three points, but Marcelo brought Hannover back into the game before Didier Ya Konan levelled late on.
