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Bundesliga round-up: Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund both slip up

Jose Mourinho was watching on with his assistant Rui Faria (L) at the Olympic Stadium
Image: Jose Mourinho was watching on with his assistant Rui Faria (L) at the Olympic Stadium

Jose Mourinho watched on as Borussia Dortmund missed the chance to close the gap on Bayern Munich with a goalless draw at Hertha Berlin.

Bayern, who also played out a 0-0 at Bayer Leverkusen later on Saturday, stay eight points clear at the top of the Bundesliga. 

It was the first game that the Bavarian giants had played since it was announced that Pep Guardiola would be joining Manchester City in the summer, and they put on a laboured display at the BayArena as Xabi Alonso was sent off late on.

Referee Knut Kircher shows a red card to Xabi Alonso
Image: Referee Knut Kircher shows a red card to Xabi Alonso

Dortmund had opportunities to win in front of Mourinho - who himself has been linked again this week with a summer move to Manchester United - and Thomas Tuchel's side would have been disappointed not to take advantage of a rare Bayern slip-up. It was just the third time all season they had dropped points in the Bundesliga.

Elsewhere on Saturday, Schalke climbed back to fourth above Borussia Monchengladbach - who beat Werder Bremen 5-1 on Friday night - with a 3-0 win over Wolfsburg.

 Ilkay Guendogan (C) of Dortmund is challenged by tJohn Anthony Brooks (L) of Berlin
Image: Ilkay Gundogan (C) of Dortmund is challenged by John Brooks (L) of Hertha Berlin

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Johannes Geis netted in the first half before Alessandro Schoepf finished the scoring late on.

Stuttgart won 4-2 at Eintracht Frankfurt as both sides finished with 10 men. First-half goals from Christian Gentner and Daniel Didavi gave Stuttgart the lead, but Alexander Meier than pulled one back for the home side.

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Georg Niedermaier restored the away side's two-goal advantage, who then saw Didavi dismissed for a second bookable offence.

Klaas Jan Huntelaar was on target in Schalke's win
Image: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar was on target in Schalke's win

However, Carlos Zambrano was then dismissed for Frankfurt, before Filip Kostic's penalty put the game beyond the home side - who grabbed a late consolation through Szabolcz Huszti.

Ingolstadt came from behind to beat Augsburg, who took the lead through Konstantinos Stafylidis after 14 minutes.

But Marvin Matip levelled it up for the home side, before they won the game though Moritz Hartmann's late penalty.

And Mainz won 1-0 at Hannover thanks to Jairo's 24th-minute winner.

On Sunday, Hamburg host Cologne and Darmstadt travel to Hoffenheim.

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