Sunday 12 February 2017 20:09, UK
Hoffenheim stumbled to a 2-1 defeat at Wolfsburg on Sunday as all six clubs chasing Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga lost over the weekend.
Daniel Didavi came off the bench after the break to inspire Wolfsburg's second-half fightback as Hoffenheim suffered only their second defeat this season.
Carlo Ancelotti's Bayern were the only club in the league's top six to win this weekend after Arturo Vidal and Arjen Robben scored last-minute goals in Saturday's 2-0 win at strugglers Ingolstadt.
The Bavarians, who host Arsenal in the lat 16, first-leg, of the Champions League on Wednesday, now have a seven-point lead at the top.
Hosts Wolfsburg deserved to beat Hoffenheim and break their three-match losing streak to stay 14th, now six points from the relegation places.
Hoffenheim made a bright start at the Volkswagen Arena after Kerem Demirbay hit the crossbar with an early free-kick, then set up Steven Zuber to give them a deserved lead on 26 minutes.
But Wolfsburg roared back with two second-half goals and Germany striker Mario Gomez was only denied a third when goal-line technology showed the ball had not crossed the line.
Maximilian Arnold latched onto the end of a wayward clearance kick and hammered his shot home on 50 minutes to pull the scores level.
Then Didavi produced a close-range header on 73 minutes for the winner to ensure Hoffenheim stay in fifth place.
Christian Streich's Freiburg, last season's second division champions, are now up to eighth after earning a 2-1 win at home to seventh-placed Cologne.
Goals by Vincenzo Grifo and Maximilian Philipp cancelled out Anthony Modeste's strike for Cologne.
