Saturday 27 April 2019 20:51, UK
Jadon Sancho was struck by a pocket lighter thrown from the crowd as Borussia Dortmund slumped to a 4-2 derby defeat to Schalke on Saturday.
The England international was hit by the object while celebrating Dortmund's opening goal in the 13th minute and required treatment on the side of the pitch before he was able to continue.
The 19-year-old set up Mario Gotze to head in the opener with a perfectly-weighted chipped pass over the top of the Schalke defence, but Dortmund's title hopes suffered a significant setback with the defeat in a fiery derby.
After Gotze's opener, Daniel Caligiuri equalised with a penalty and Schalke then took the lead through Salif Sane before Dortmund had Marco Reus sent off.
Caligiuri fired in his second and Schalke's third before Marius Wolf received Dortmund's second red card.
In the final minutes, Axel Witsel pulled one back before Breel Embolo restored Schalke's two-goal cushion.
Defeat means second-placed Dortmund could find themselves four points behind Bayern Munich by the end of the weekend, should the leaders win their game in hand against Nurnberg on Sunday, while Schalke took a significant step to guaranteeing safety, moving nine points ahead of Stuttgart in the relegation play-off place.
"The title race is over," said Dortmund head coach Lucien Favre. "I have never experienced anything like this. It is very, very hard to accept, especially the way we lost today."
"We are not used to getting red cards, and it was difficult after that."
Sancho has enjoyed a breakthrough season for Dortmund in the Bundesliga and leads the way for the number of assists in the division after adding his 14th of the season.
The former Manchester City youth player has also scored 11 league goals and made his senior England debut, going on to win four caps.
Leipzig extended their winning run to six matches, beating Freiburg 2-1 to all but secure their place in next season's Champions League.
Timo Werner gave Leipzig the lead inside the opening 20 minutes before Vincenzo Grifo curled home to level the scores.
Leipzig substitute Emil Forsberg tapped a penalty into the corner to score the decisive goal, while Freiburg remain without a win since March 9.
Fortuna Dusseldorf stormed to a convincing 4-1 win over Werder Bremen at the Mercury Game Arena, recording their first win for three matches.
The hosts got off to a quick start, Benito Raman scoring the opener in the first minute, with Kenan Karaman doubling their lead in the 22nd.
Max Kruse pulled one back from the spot for Bremen, but the home side pulled away in the second half with Rouwen Hennings and Markus Suttner putting their names on the scoresheet to make it 4-1.
A single Hendrik Weydandt goal gave bottom-of-the-table Hannover their first win since February as they recorded a 1-0 victory over Mainz.
Stuttgart's Anastasios Donis scored the only goal as they recorded a surprise 1-0 win over fifth-placed Borussia Monchengladbach.
Fourth-placed Frankfurt, who face Chelsea in the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday, were held to a goalless draw at home by Hertha Berlin.
