Bundesliga: Bayern turn back deficit in Darmstadt, controversial sending off deepens Wolfsburg's crisis

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Goal scorers among themselves: Jamal Musiala, Harry Kane and Serge Gnabry

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On the 26th matchday of the Bundesliga, SV Darmstadt 98 was allowed to dream of a surprise against FC Bayern Munich for eight minutes - then the record champions got serious and won 5:2 (2:1).

VfL Wolfsburg had to be annoyed after losing 1:3 (1:1) to FC Augsburg after a controversial sending off.

1. FC Heidenheim played 1:1 (0:1) against Borussia Mönchengladbach, Mainz 05 climbed into the relegation place with a 2:0 (1:0) against VfL Bochum.

Werder Bremen continued their short negative run at Union Berlin and lost 1:2 (0:0).

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The good impression of the last games seemed to be gone after just under an hour: After a long drive from keeper Marcel Schuhen, Darmstadt won the aerial duel, Mathias Honsak dizzyed the Bayern defense with a solo and fed Tim Skarke, who scored to give the bottom of the table the lead ( 28.).

Bayern, who were already clearly superior, kept their calm and turned the game around before the break.

Aleksandar Pavlović, recently nominated for the German national team, shook off several opponents on his way into the penalty area and passed across to Harry Kane, who set up Jamal Musiala's equalizer (36').

Shortly before the break, Kane was successful himself (45th + 1), the preparatory work was done by Joshua Kimmich from the right wing, where he again played as a full-back.

After the break, Musiala went solo and made everything clear with his tenth goal of the season (64th), Pavlović was previously substituted after a collision (58th).

Serge Gnabry (74th) scored to make it 4-1, this time Musiala shone as a provider.

Mathys Tel (90+3) and Darmstadt's Oscar Vilhelmsson (90+5) made the final score in stoppage time.

Darmstadt, at the bottom, is already six points behind the relegation zone and is tumbling towards the Second Bundesliga. Bayern, now seven points behind Bayer Leverkusen, must continue to hope for several slip-ups by the still unbeaten Werkself in the title fight.

Just three weeks ago, some people at SV Werder Bremen were dreaming of qualifying for the European Cup - since then, Bremen haven't picked up a point.

After a sluggish first half, Union Berlin looked like an even affair, but after the break the capital team decided the game in just two minutes.

First, Senne Lynen missed clearing the ball after Robin Gosens' wing run and involuntarily laid it on for Yorbe Vertessen (51').

The Belgian drove the ball under the crossbar for his first Bundesliga goal - and just one scene later he also helped prepare the game, with Brenden Aaronson completing the preliminary decision (52nd).

Werder took advantage of Union goalkeeper Frederik Rönnow's uncertainty to score, and Mitchell Weiser headed in after Marvin Ducksch's corner (63').

It was no longer enough to equalize, Werder is now only two points and two places ahead of 13th place in the table.

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Augsburg went into the game as a team in better form, got off to a better start - and were behind after 10 minutes.

The Wolfsburg team, without a win in ten Bundesliga games, took advantage of their first chance: Patrick Wimmer's shot from the turn bounced off the inside post and into the goal (9th minute).

Shortly before the break, Wimmer was once again the focus.

The Austrian fouled Kevin Mbabu on the edge of the penalty area.

Although other Wolfsburg defenders could have intervened, referee Timo Gerach showed the red card.

The subsequent free kick from Arne Maier landed in the goal with an unsustainable deflection (45th + 2).

In the second half, Augsburg turned the game around with the advantage.

A corner fell at Kristijan Jakić's feet, from seven meters he made it 2-1 (61').

With a well-placed, but not unstoppable long-range shot, Jakić secured the decision and Augsburg's fourth win in a row (79'), while for Wolfsburg it was the eleventh game in a row without a win.

During the week, Gladbach were surprisingly eliminated from the DFB Cup by third division club FC Saarbrücken.

At the beginning it looked like there was a chance of redemption against Heidenheim: Gladbach countered with Franck Honorat, whose low cross landed at Robin Hack with Jordan's help.

The attacker finished with a low shot (9th minute).

The guests from Mönchengladbach then largely had the game under control, but were lucky before the half-time whistle: a penalty was taken back by the video referee because the person who was fouled, Tim Kleindienst, was just offside (45th + 2).

The equalizer came in the second half after a good combination game from Heidenheim.

Eren Dinkci refined the attack by curling the ball into the left corner from 18 meters (66').

Once again Gladbach gave up a lead this season and in the end they shouldn't have complained about a defeat.

After the 8-1 defeat in Munich, coach Bo Henriksen demanded a reaction from his team.

It was initially cautious.

Bochum dominated the game in the duel between the relegation candidates, Mainz limited themselves to counterattacking.

Both teams barely got close to the opposing goal until stoppage time in the first half.

Bernardo hit the ball in a duel with Jae-sung Lee, but also hit the foot of the Mainz attacker.

Referee Matthias Jöllenbeck gave a controversial penalty, which Jonathan Burkardt safely converted (45th + 3 minutes).

After the break, the tough kick developed into a lively game.

Mainz crossed first from the right, then from the left, and finally Burkardt pushed the ball over the line (71').

With the win, Mainz moves past Cologne, which lost to RB Leipzig on Friday evening, and is now in relegation place 16. Bochum remains 15th in the table.

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