Football news – Borussia Dortmund suffer shock loss at lowly Augsburg to open door for Bayern Munich
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ByEurosport
Updated 01/03/2019 at 21:45 GMT
Borussia Dortmund suffered a shock 2-1 loss at lowly Augsburg on Friday night to hand Bayern Munich the chance to move level with the Bundesliga leaders this weekend.
Dortmund's German forward Marco Reus (L) and Dortmund's English midfielder Jadon Sancho react during the German first division Bundesliga football match between FC Augsburg and Borussia Dortmund in Augsburg
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Bayern can join Dortmund on 54 points with victory at Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday evening.
Dortmund, who currently boast a goal difference of +31 to Bayern’s +25, suffered only their second defeat of the season in losing at 15th-placed Augsburg, who had lost their last three league games.
It also means Dortmund have just taken six points from a possible 15 in their last five league matches, with Bayern having won three on the spin to close the gap.
South Korea international Ji Dong-won stunned the visitors in the 24th minute when he shook off two defenders to fire in from close range.
Dortmund, who had two chances late in the first half, were toothless for much of the second period and went 2-0 down when Ji beautifully chipped the ball past keeper Roman Buerki in the 68th minute.
Dortmund substitute Paco Alcacer notched his 13th league goal in the 81st to cut the deficit but despite late pressure they could not find an equaliser as Augsburg held firm to move further away from the relegation zone.
Additional reporting from Reuters
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