Sunday 15 April 2018 19:52, UK
Schalke beat Ruhr valley rivals Borussia Dortmund 2-0 on Sunday to stay on course for a second-place Bundesliga finish and a return to the Champions League with four games left in the season.
Schalke had the upper hand in the first half but could not make their advantage count against the visitors.
Five minutes after the restart, however, Yevhen Konoplyanka was left unmarked in the box and drilled in to give Schalke the lead following a defensive mistake from Marcel Schmelzer.
Brazilian Naldo made sure of the points for Domenico Tedesco's team with a free-kick missile from 25 yards out in the 82nd minute.
To make matters worse for Dortmund, their forward Michy Batshuayi had to be taken off on a stretcher with an injury in stoppage time with a suspected broken leg. The 24-year-old Belgian is on loan from Chelsea until the end of the season.
Schalke are second on 55 points with Dortmund dropping to fourth on 51, behind third-placed Bayer Leverkusen on goal difference, after they beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-1 on Saturday.
Also on Sunday, RB Leipzig came from a goal down but managed only a 1-1 draw at Werder Bremen to suffer a setback in their own Champions League aspirations.
Leipzig moved up to fifth on 47 but are still four points behind Dortmund.
