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Berlin (AP) - A thrilling start on Friday with the Gladbach 4-2 win against Dortmund.
Scoring games with surprises on Saturday, plus a coaching job in the capital is at risk.
And the 18th matchday of the Bundesliga is not over yet.
Today, before the game between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and 1. FC Köln (6 p.m. / Sky), there will be a duel between the leaders from Munich and the bottom from Gelsenkirchen.
ABSERVED ?: Bruno Labbadia was disappointed, even grossly.
How long will he remain coach of Hertha BSC?
The 1: 4 against Werder Bremen on Saturday evening weakened his position again.
According to "Bild", the decision at the self-proclaimed "Big City Club" should have already been made against the coach.
Labbadia would have been in office for less than a year.
"We're not talking nicely, that's a shitty situation," said Labbadia after the bankruptcy in the Olympic Stadium.
With him, sports director Michael Preetz must also be worried about the job.
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SERVED: Julian Nagelsmann was angry, quite a bit.
Especially the referee.
But also about the bitter defeat as a championship contender with a team that had only won one game by then.
The time and manner of the goals conceded in the 2: 3 at 1. FSV Mainz 05 hit Leipzig decisively.
“You just can't get two of the three goals.
We can't always score three or four goals, ”emphasized Nagelsmann.
SINNLESS: Peter Bosz was disillusioned, very much.
"It only makes sense to look at the table when we win ourselves," said the Bayer 04 Leverkusen coach.
0: 1 against VfL Wolfsburg.
Instead of catching up with the failing Leipzigers on points and staying within reach of front-runner FC Bayern, they now feel the Wolfsburg team right behind them, tied on points.
In terms of personnel, the situation at Leverkusen is extremely tense.
Now midfielder Julian Baumgartlinger also injured himself - suspected cruciate ligament tear.
SURE TO HIT: Moussa Niakhaté, of all people.
It wasn't long ago that he was reprimanded for having caused a penalty.
Not helpful in a situation like that of 1. FSV Mainz 05, which is in danger of relegation. But at the start of the second half of the season, Moussa Niakhaté triumphed in front of the opposing goal.
The 24-year-old Frenchman scored two goals within twelve minutes and was a decisive pioneer of the 3-2 victory over the top team from RB Leipzig.
“You are then in the right place at the right time and have the chance and take advantage of it. But it's not about me, it's about Mainz 05, the club and everyone gives everything!
And we showed that today, ”he said.
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SOLVED: 217 days is a long time.
For 217 days, Florian Niederlechner failed to do what he actually stands for on the pitch.
A gate.
The striker of FC Augsburg and his coach Heiko Herrlich were all the happier after Niederlechner's double pack to 2-1 victory over 1. FC Union Berlin.
"If you score 23 points in the preseason and then you can't do it, it's very difficult for the psyche," Niederlechner told Sky and revealed: "The most important person for me is my little son.
At least I was always happy when I got home.
My wife certainly didn't have it easy with me. "
TOP: Bayern, the leader of the table, against Schalke, the bottom of the table (3.30 p.m. / Sky).
If the Munich win, they continue to pull away at the top, Leipzig would be seven points back, Leverkusen and Wolfsburg already ten.
And then there is the first leg - FC Bayern won 8-0.
«The first leg is in our minds at zero point.
I think that Schalke has a team with good individual players and with quality, as the current standings do not reflect, ”said coach Hansi Flick on Friday.
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