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Würzburg (dpa) - Front runner Hamburger SV has made a serious misstep in the 2nd Bundesliga at the bottom Würzburger Kickers.
After eleven games without defeat, coach Daniel Thioune's team suffered a bitter setback in the promotion battle at 2: 3 (0: 2) in Lower Franconia.
Pursuit Holstein Kiel can push the hamburgers, who failed on the defensive in rows, from the top with a draw in Monday's game at SpVgg Greuther Fürth.
For a long time in Würzburg it was not even evident that HSV is the best attack in the league.
Substitute Jeremy Dudziak (72nd minute) and Bobby Wood (89th) caused tension again when Amadou Onana (90th) from Hamburg was thrown off the field with yellow and red in a turbulent final phase.
Before that, the front runner around goalkeeper Sven Ulreich made mistakes after mistakes in defense.
Martin Hasek (19th) with his premier goal for the determined defending hosts, Douglas (30th) and Patrick Sontheimer (54th) gave the Kickers their fourth win of the season.
The Würzburg team are now only five points behind relegation place 16.
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