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Kiel (dpa) - Holstein Kiel cannot be shaken off in the race for promotion to the Bundesliga.
The Schleswig-Holsteiners won their home game against Erzgebirge Aue 1-0 (0-0) on Saturday and improved to second behind Bochum with 45 points.
Alexander Mühling scored the winning goal with a penalty kick (81st minute).
The Kielers did not find their way into the game as usual.
They did not like the aggressive play of the guests.
Despite their superiority, scoring chances remained scarce.
Fin Bartels, who was back in the starting eleven after serving a yellow card suspension, could not give his team the momentum they had hoped for in attack.
A week after the first away defeat of the season (1: 2 in Fürth), Kiel almost got caught off guard at the beginning.
The researched Saxons hit the goal in the 5th minute.
The video assistant rightly refused to recognize the hit due to an offside position.
The same procedure saved the favorites again from falling behind in the second half.
The hit from John-Patrick Strauss (53rd) was also not granted after the video assistant's objection.
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In the past three weeks, the Auers had taken points from the promotion candidates HSV (3: 3) and VfL Bochum (1: 0) and felt comfortable in their role as the favorite scare for a long time in Kiel.
Only a penalty kick cleared the fronts.
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