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Resurgent Borussia Dortmund Seek Consistency In Top-Four Fight | Football News
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Resurgent Borussia Dortmund Seek Consistency In Top-Four Fight | Football News

[ad_1] Fourth-placed Borussia Dortmund host Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday hoping to keep their noses in front in their battle to finish in the Champions League placings. Dortmund sit one point ahead of fifth-placed RB Leipzig, having been six points behind the Saxons at Christmas. Dortmund are a club heavily dependent on the income the Champions League brings, and have only missed the top four once in the past 13 years. On Sunday, they face the same opposition against whom their season started to unravel last October.After a chaotic and pulsating 3-3 draw in Frankfurt, Dortmund lost four of their next nine as clouds gathered around the future of coach Edin Terzic.Five months later and Dortmund look to have steadied the ship, having lost just one of their past 14 and reaching the Champion...
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Jonathan Tah Strikes Late To Send Leverkusen To German Cup Semis | Football News
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Jonathan Tah Strikes Late To Send Leverkusen To German Cup Semis | Football News

[ad_1] Jonathan Tah scored in the 90th minute to send Bayer Leverkusen through to the German Cup semi-finals with a 3-2 win at home over Stuttgart on Tuesday. League leaders Leverkusen twice came from behind against an impressive Stuttgart side, securing victory in the dying moments for the third time in their past five matches. With the match headed for extra time, midfielder Florian Wirtz curled in a superb cross for Tah to head home and clinch a memorable victory.  Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso toasted the victory, telling reporters "sometimes we win with control, structure and stabi...
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Harry Kane Scores To Help Bayern Munich Keep Pace With Leaders Bayer Leverkusen | Football News
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Harry Kane Scores To Help Bayern Munich Keep Pace With Leaders Bayer Leverkusen | Football News

[ad_1] Harry Kane scored the go-ahead goal to help Bayern Munich to a 3-1 comeback home win over Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, keeping hot on the heels of leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who won 2-0 at Darmstadt. Bayern stay just two points behind Xabi Alonso's unbeaten side, with the two facing off next Saturday in Leverkusen. "The big game is coming. We wanted to show our fans something," Leverkusen midfielder Granit Xhaka said after the match.  But while Leverkusen secured a comfortable win at last-placed Darmstadt thanks to a brace from Nigeria winger Nathan Tella, Bayern were onc...
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Serhou Guirassy Scores Again As Stuttgart Beat Werder Bremen | Football News
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Serhou Guirassy Scores Again As Stuttgart Beat Werder Bremen | Football News

[ad_1] Stuttgart striker Serhou Guirassy continued his remarkable Bundesliga scoring form this season, scoring a second-half penalty in a 2-0 home win over Werder Bremen on Saturday. Guirassy, making his first start since mid-October after injury, was brought down in the box by Bremen defender Niklas Stark. The striker chipped his spot-kick down the middle to chalk up his 16th goal of the season in just 11 games. Brighton loanee Deniz Undav had given Stuttgart the lead after 17 minutes, tapping in from close range for his eighth goal in his past eight games.Stuttgart needed to win a two-legged relegation playoff to stay in the top division last season but now sit third after 13 matches, two points behind second-placed Bayern Munich.Leipzig win at homeLeipzig won 2-1 over promoted Heidenh...
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Record-Equalling Guirassy Fires Stuttgart To Top Of Bundesliga | Football News
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Record-Equalling Guirassy Fires Stuttgart To Top Of Bundesliga | Football News

[ad_1] Serhou Guirassy struck twice for Stuttgart© AFPSerhou Guirassy scored twice to tie a Bundesliga record and propel Stuttgart to the top of the table with a 3-1 home victory over struggling Darmstadt on Friday. Stuttgart fell behind after 18 minutes when defender Dan-Axel Zagadou turned a low cross inside his own near post. Enzo Millot replied five minutes later, side footing home from a Guirassy lay off. The Guinea striker then put Stuttgart ahead in the 32nd minute, smashing the ball in from the edge of the area. It was his ninth league goal from nine strikes at goal this season.In added time, Guirassy dinked over goalkeeper Marcel Schuhen to become the second player to reach 10 Bundesliga goals in five games. The first was Robert Lewandowski."I am very happy," a beaming Guirassy ...
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Liverpool Sign Japan Midfielder Wataru Endo From Stuttgart | Football News
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Liverpool Sign Japan Midfielder Wataru Endo From Stuttgart | Football News

[ad_1] Liverpool have signed Japan midfielder Wataru Endo on a long-term contract.© AFPLiverpool have signed Japan midfielder Wataru Endo on a long-term contract, subject to international clearance and work permit application, the Premier League club announced Friday. No fee was disclosed but British media outlets, including Sky Sports, valued the 30-year-old's move from Bundesliga club Stuttgart at 19 million pounds ($24 million, 22 million euros)."I'm very happy right now and I'm so excited to join a big club in Liverpool," Endo told the club's website."It feels amazing and this is my dream. It's always (been) a dream to play (in the) Premier League and with one of the biggest clubs in the world. It's a dream come true for me."The Reds have been on the hunt for a defensive midfielder s...
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Wataru Endo Set For ‘Dream’ Move To Liverpool, Stuttgart Confirm | Football News
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Wataru Endo Set For ‘Dream’ Move To Liverpool, Stuttgart Confirm | Football News

[ad_1] File image of Japan midfielder Wataru Endo© AFPStuttgart's Japan midfielder Wataru Endo is completing a "dream" move to Liverpool, the Bundesliga club revealed on Thursday. Stuttgart head coach Sebastian Hoeness said that the defensive midfielder "had been cleared by the club for (contract) talks". "He flew to England for a medical check and wasn't in training today. At the age of 30 he now has the opportunity to join Liverpool in the Premier League. It's a dream of his," Hoeness added.German sports site Kicker reported Liverpool will pay approximately 20 million euros ($22 million) for Endo, whose contract in Stuttgart was due to expire in 2024.Endo comes as a surprising addition to the Liverpool squad, with new German sporting director Jorg Schmadtke the architect of the deal. L...
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Bayer Leverkusen Held By Stuttgart Ahead Of Roma Europa League Clash | Football News
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Bayer Leverkusen Held By Stuttgart Ahead Of Roma Europa League Clash | Football News

[ad_1] Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen have now lost two and drawn one of their past three.© TwitterBayer Leverkusen were held to a 1-1 draw at Stuttgart on Sunday, just days before their second leg Europa League semi-final clash with Roma. Leverkusen narrowly lost the first leg in Rome 1-0 and will host Jose Mourinho's Roma, the Europa Conference League holders, on Thursday. In Stuttgart, both sides traded penalties in the second half, home forward Serhou Guirassy opening the scoring before Argentinian World Cup winner Exequiel Palacious levelled. Leverkusen had strung together a 14-game unbeaten run under manager Xabi Alonso, but have now lost two and drawn one of their past three.After a goalless and risk averse first half, Stuttgart took the lead shortly into the second stanza, Guirassy...
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Matthijs De Ligt Sends Bayern Munich Back On Top Ahead Of PSG Tie | Football News
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Matthijs De Ligt Sends Bayern Munich Back On Top Ahead Of PSG Tie | Football News

[ad_1] Defender Matthijs de Ligt produced a crucial goal-line clearance before scoring himself as Bayern Munich reclaimed the Bundesliga lead from Borussia Dortmund with a 2-1 win at Stuttgart on Saturday. De Ligt's goal came late in the first half just after he prevented Stuttgart from going ahead, with Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting grabbing a second for Bayern midway through the second half. Stuttgart pulled one back late on through Juan Jose Perea, but Bayern held on to go back above Dortmund on goal difference ahead of Wednesday's Champions League last-16 second leg against Paris Saint-Germain in Munich.Bayern picked up where they left off in last week's 3-0 win over Union Berlin, with Leon Goretzka forcing goalkeeper Fabian Bredlow into two stunning reflex saves in quick succession.Not c...
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Bundesliga: Bayern Munich Held For Third Straight Draw At Home To Stuttgart | Football News
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Bundesliga: Bayern Munich Held For Third Straight Draw At Home To Stuttgart | Football News

[ad_1] A goal from French teenager Mathys Tel was not enough as Bayern Munich were held 2-2 at home to Stuttgart, their third Bundesliga draw in a row. In just his second start for Munich, Tel became the youngest goalscorer for the club when he gave the German champions a 1-0 lead at half time.  Tel is 17 years and 136 days, 69 days younger than the previous holder of the honour, Jamal Musiala when he scored against Schalke two years ago.Tel broke Stuttgart's stubborn resistance 36 minutes into the opening half, side-footing the ball under visiting keeper Florian Mueller after some superb lead-up work from Alphonso Davis.Stuttgart looked to have equalised early into the second half when Serhou Guirassy swept the ball in from close range, but the goal was chalked off by VAR for a seemingl...
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