In the German "Bundesliga", the 23rd round of matches were played. Dortmund's "Borussia" hosted Schalke from Gelsenkirchen. The "yellow and black" team, rapidly returning to their best sports form, defeated Roberto Di Matteo's players with a score of 3-0. The winners stood out with goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and Marco Reus. "Borussia" dominated the entire match, but they only managed to score their first goal in the 78th minute. After the victory, Jurgen Klopp's team climbed to ninth place in the German league, while Schalke remained in fifth place. In other matches, Leverkusen's "Bayer" narrowly defeated "Freiburg", and victories were also achieved by the Berlin "Hertha", Frankfurt's "Eintracht", and "Hoffenheim" teams. Results: "Borussia" 3 - 0 "Schalke" 78' [1 - 0] P.Aubameyang 79' [2 - 0] H.Mkhitaryan 86' [3 - 0] M.Reus "Bayer" 1 - 0 "Freiburg" 33' [1 - 0] S.Rolfes "Hannover" 1 - 1 "Stuttgart" 52' [0 - 1] C.Gentner 70' [1 - 1] L.Stindl 90' M.Harnik ("Stuttgart") sent off 90' L.Stindl ("Hannover") sent off "Hoffenheim" 2 - 0 "Mainz" 55' [1 - 0] K.Volland 76' [2 - 0] E.Polanski "Hertha" 1 - 0 "Augsburg" 88' [1 - 0] S.Kalou "Eintracht" 2 - 1 "Hamburg" 12' [1 - 0] A.Meier (penalty) 45' [1 - 1] Z.Stieber 54' [2 - 1] A.Meier 64' M.Ostrzolek ("Hamburg") sent off 90' A.Meier ("Eintracht") missed a penalty League table:
