The winner of the detention time of Emiliano Buendia against Heidenheim has promoted the weak hopes of Bayer Leverkusen to defend his Bundesliga title.
Four days after his humble defeat in the semifinal of the German Cup against Arminia Bielefeld of Third Division, Leverkusen created few significant opportunities on Saturday until the substitute Buendia lit a shot from outside the penalty area in the post for a 1-0 victory.
Leverkusen restored his six-point gap behind the leaders of the Bayern Munich League, who beat Augsburg 3-1 on Friday. There are six games, with the champions desperate for the landslides of the Bavarian giants.
The last minute objectives were a main feature of the winning campaign of the Bundesliga of Leverkusen last season, but a team that once looked almost unbeatable was largely better for Heidenheim in position 16.
Sometimes, the champions seemed aimed at what would have been a fifth defeat in seven games in all competitions.
Otherwise, Carney Chukwueka had her first start and first goal since Borussia Dortmund borrowed from Chelsea while defeating Friburg 4-1.
After the goal of Karim Adeyemi gave Dortmund the advantage, Chukwueka hit a shot that took a defense deflection and reputed to the goalkeeper.
After the injuries interrupted the development of Chukwueka in Chelsea, the goal was the first in any competition for more than a year.
Serhou Guirsy and Jamie Gittens also scored in what was one of Dortmund’s most directive actions since Niko Kovac assumed the position of coach just over two months ago.
Dortmund is until eighth in the classification of the Bundesliga, a place behind Freiburg and four points outside the places of the Champions League, before its quarterfinals of the Champions League with Barcelona on Wednesday.
After a defeat in the semifinal of the German Cup in its first game, Zsolt Low won his first victory as coach of Leipzig, 3-1 over Hoffenheim.
Initially, it seemed that Leipzig de Low was heading to another defeat when an error by goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi allowed Tom Bischof to score the opening goal for Hoffenheim.
But Benjamin Sesko headed the Leipzig level and then a red card for Hoffenheim defender, Leo Ostigard, put Leipzig in Control.
Ridle Baku gave Leipzig the advantage just before part time and Yussuf Poulen arrived 3-1 late.
Werder Bremen surprised Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 with a header in the first half of Oliver Burke and a late goal by Romano Schmid to seal the victory.
Before its quarterfinals of the Europa League with Tottenham on Thursday, Frankfurt’s fourth defeat in his last six Games in the Bundesliga meant that they stayed third, 20 distant points from Bayern.
Ermedin Demirovic scored a hat-trick when Stuttgart swept Bochum 4-0, while Mainz reached up in his attempt to qualify for the Champions League, drawing with Holstein Kiel 1-1.
