After a brilliant first half and strong Jadon Sancho, the BVB gave away the victory. Hoffenheim fights back after a 3-0 deficit. Without the injured captain Marco Reus and the ill coach Lucien Favre, Borussia Dortmund lost a 3-0 lead. The leader of the standings was already clearly leading against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim - but then lost the orientation completely and had to be content with a 3:3.

A fab match ends 3-3 (Source)

FC Bayern Munich can thus reduce their deficit to five points in the evening with a win against FC Schalke 04 and can also move back to second place due to Gladbach's defeat.

Jadon Sancho (32.) and Mario Götze (42.), who were particularly strong in the first run, already scored before the break for the BVB, which was looked after by the assistants Manfred Stefes and Edin Terzic in Favre's absence. In the second half Raphael Guerreiro (66.) went up to 3:0.

Hoffenheim balances out

But Ishak Belfodil (75th/87th) and Pavel Kaderabek (83rd) balanced for Hoffenheim, which showed great morale. The defence also recognized Dortmund's assistant manager Stefes as a problem afterwards. "We defended a bit naively. We lost the decisive duels that we could have won," he said to Sky. His colleague Terzic confirmed: "Unfortunately, we are not the biggest in the middle. We brought in Ömer Toprak. Unfortunately, it did not work today'.

Sancho gate is withdrawn

Sancho scored already in the eleventh minute to the alleged lead. But the offside idol had hindered TSG defender Stefan Posch - referee Marco Fritz (Korb) took the goal back, according to the video images. However, this did not lead to a break in the Dortmund game. The leader of the standings was persistently and calmly looking for gaps in the defensive of the visitors - and found them. After Maximilian Philipp (22.) had only narrowly missed the lead from a distance, Sancho made it better: After a double pass with Lukasz Piszczek he scored 1-0, Götze scored the second goal shortly afterwards.

The draw clouded Götze's mood after the game, which with Assist and goal delivered a strong performance. He argued: "That shouldn't happen to us. We did well over long stretches, so it's very bitter how it went in the end. We have to play it to the end with confidence."

Hoffenheim makes life difficult for BVB

And Hoffenheim? After the break, coach Julian Nagelsmann brought Ishak Belfodil and Dennis Geiger to Andrej Kramaric and Kerem Demirbay to revive the previously harmless offensive. And the measure had an effect, and suddenly Hoffenheim also had opportunities. The Brazilian Joelinton (56th), for example, forced Bürki to a brilliant parade. Dortmund made a lot of mistakes and invited the guests to close the match.

With a bit of luck, the BVB survived the period of urge by Hoffenheim without any damage and struck instead. Guerreiro made sure after strong preliminary work by Götze and Sancho for the 3:0. Sancho (75.) also hit the post. In the final phase, the Kraichgau team came up again and made life difficult for the BVB.

Assistant manager Terzic took the team after the game in protection. "We are entitled to make mistakes for our young team, we will work on that," he said at the press conference.