By Chris Ives Last updated: 11th September 2008
Owomoyela: New setback
Borussia Dortmund defender Patrick Owomoyela has been struck down by a further injury.
The former Germany international has had consistent problems since his summer move from Werder Bremen to the Signal-Iduna-Park and will now be sidelined for several weeks after picking up a thigh injury in training.
"We will take him right out of squad training and start building him up again," BVB coach Jurgen Klopp commented.
"He will have to do his own personal training programme for a few weeks.
"We don't know why he has been having such muscular problems.
"We were all hoping that he would be back in action as quickly as possible."
| Time | Result |
|---|---|
| Sunday 30th November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Borussia Dortmund 0 - 0 Wolfsburg | |
| VfL Bochum 1 - 1 Hamburg | |
| VfB Stuttgart 2 - 0 Schalke 04 | |
| Saturday 29th November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Werder Bremen 5 - 0 Eintracht Frankfurt | |
| Bayer Leverkusen 0 - 2 Bayern Munich | |
| Borussia M'gladbach 1 - 3 Cottbus | |
| Hannover 96 3 - 2 Karlsruhe | |
| TSG Hoffenheim 3 - 0 Arminia Bielefeld | |
| Friday 28th November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Hertha Berlin 2 - 1 Cologne | |
| Sunday 23rd November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Hamburg 2 - 1 Werder Bremen | |
| Saturday 22nd November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Schalke 04 3 - 1 Borussia M'gladbach | |
| Wolfsburg 4 - 1 VfB Stuttgart | |
| VfL Bochum 2 - 3 Hertha Berlin | |
| Eintracht Frankfurt 4 - 0 Hannover 96 | |
| Arminia Bielefeld 2 - 1 Bayer Leverkusen | |
| Bayern Munich 4 - 1 Cottbus | |
| Cologne 1 - 3 TSG Hoffenheim | |
| Friday 21st November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Karlsruhe 0 - 1 Borussia Dortmund | |
| Sunday 16th November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Werder Bremen 3 - 1 Cologne | |
| Saturday 15th November | |
| German Bundesliga | |
| Hertha Berlin 2 - 1 Hamburg | |
| Pos | Team | P | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hoffenheim | 15 | 34 |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | Hertha Berlin | 15 | 30 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 15 | 28 |
| 5 | Hamburg | 15 | 27 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 15 | 25 |
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