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MONDAY, MAY 15, 2017
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Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski scores their third goal during their Bundesliga match against Leipzig in Leipzig on Saturday
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POINTS TABLE
Teams P W D L GD Pts
Bayern 33 24 7 2 64 79
Leipzig 33 20 6 7 27 66
Dortmund 33 17 10 6 31 61
Hoffenheim 33 16 13 4 27 61
BUNDESLIGA
Wolfsburg 1-1 Gladbach
Gomez 58 Jannik 24
Augsburg 1-1 Dortmund
Finnbogason 28 Aubameyang 32
Bremen 3-5 Hoffenheim
Selassie 59, Bargfrede 86, Szalai 7,
Bauer 90 Kramaric 11,49, Zuber 40,
Bicakcic 52
Leipzig 4-5 Bayern
Sabitzer 2, Lewandowski 17-P, 84,
Werner 29-P, 65, Thiago 60, Alaba 90+1,
Poulsen 47 Robben 90+5
Darmstadt 0-2 Hertha
Kalou 14, Torunarigha 28
Mainz 4-2 Frankfurt
Cordoba 60, Bell 62, Hrgota 42,
Muto 76, De Blasis 90+3-P Seferovic 50
Freiburg 1-1 Ingolstadt
Philipp 31 Lezcano 43
Schalke 1-1 Hamburg
Burgstaller 25 Lasogga 90+2
Leverkusen 2-2 Cologne
Kiessling 60, Jojic 14,
Pohjanpalo 70 Kluenter 48
3-goal finale gives Bayern spectacular 5-4 win at Leipzig
• Reuters
Borussia Dortmund kept the upper
hand in the battle for third place
despite a 1-1 draw at Augsburg on
Saturday as they stayed ahead of
fourth-placed Hoffenheim on goal
difference on a frantic penultimate
matchday of the season.
Champion Bayern Munich
showed who is boss in the Bundesliga,
scoring three times late in the
game to win 5-4 at RB Leipzig in a
free-flowing game with the Bavarians
having secured the title two
weeks ago and the host certain of
second place.
Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski
scored his second goal of the afternoon
in the 84th minute to cut the
deficit to 4-3. David Alaba’s stoppage-time
free kick drew them level
and Arjen Robben’s last-gasp winner
completed their sensational turnaround
after having trailed 3-1 and 4-2.
Dortmund, through to the German
Cup final later this month, are
level on 61 points with Hoffenheim,
who crushed Werder Bremen 5-3
with two goals from Andrej Kramaric,
but have a better goal difference
going into the last matchday
next week.
There was bad news early on for
Dortmund with midfielder Julian
Weigl breaking his ankle after 20
Zabaleta to leave City
• Reuters
Argentine international Pablo Zabaleta
will leave Manchester City at
the end of the season, the Premier
League club announced on Saturday.
“The 58-times capped Argentina
international is out of contract
in the summer and has informed
the club he will move to pastures
new,” City said in a statement.
The 32-year-old defender has
not said where he will go but is one
of the first names to confirm his departure
in what is expected to be a
busy transfer season for coach Pep
Guardiola as he seeks to make his
side more competitive.
Zabaleta, who joined City in
2008 from Espanol and made 332
appearances, is expected to play
his final home game at the Etihad
Stadium against West Bromwich
Albion tomorrow. •
minutes when his foot was caught
in the grass and twisted 180 degrees.
Alfred Finnbogason then put the
hosts ahead in the 28th minute but
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang levelled
only four minutes later with
his 29th goal of the campaign with
Dortmund controlling the game with
more than 70 percent possession.
The visitors upped the pressure
after the break but could not find a
winner against disciplined Augsburg,
who are in 14th place on 37 points.
“We had possession, a lot of
passing and I felt we had overall
a good game,” Dortmund coach
Thomas Tuchel said. “But it was
tough for us throughout. We
worked hard but we were not really
rewarded in the end.
“Now the situation for the last
league game is clear. We have a final...and
then the Cup final.”
Hamburg SV continued their
battle to avoid relegation by scoring
a stoppage time equaliser through
substitute Pierre-Michel Lasogga
to earn a 1-1 draw at Schalke 04.
The result kept Hamburg, the
only team to have played in the
top division every season since the
Bundesliga’s creation in 1963, in
the relegation playoff spot but sent
17th-placed Ingolstadt into the second
division, joining already-relegated
Darmstadt 98, who lost 2-0
to Hertha Berlin.
VfL Wolfsburg’s Mario Gomez
grabbed an 58th minute equaliser
against Borussia Moenchengladbach
for his 16th goal of the campaign
that kept the Wolves two
points ahead of Hamburg, whom
they face on the last matchday.
The game was interrupted in the
79th minute for about half an hour
due to a storm.
Bayer Leverkusen came from
two goals down to draw 2-2 against
Cologne to make sure of their Bundesliga
spot next season but announced
afterwards they will part
ways with coach Tayfun Korkut at
the end of the campaign. •
Departing Younis, Misbah fall but
Pakistan press for victory
• AFP
Departing stalwarts Younis Khan
and captain Misbah ul Haq failed
to make an impact in their farewell
international innings but Pakistan
were poised to press for a series-clinching
victory over the West
Indies at stumps on the fourth day
at Windsor Park in Dominica on
Saturday.
Following the tedium of the first
three days which saw a total of 15
wickets falling, 14 tumbled on the
penultimate day of the series, ending
with the home side at seven for
one after being set a daunting victory
target of 304.
Mohammad Abbas claimed his
first five-wicket haul in Test cricket
to trigger a West Indies first innings
collapse to 247 all out in the morning
after they resumed at 218 for
five with the match appearing at
the start of the day to be dragging
towards a dreary draw.
“Eight seasons of first-class
cricket bowling long spells prepared
me for this opportunity,” said
Abbas.
In attempting to build on that
considerable lead of 129 Pakistan
crashed to 90 for seven before Yasir
Shah, with a Test-best 38 not out,
and a determined 27 from Mohammad
Amir allowed Misbah the luxury
of a second innings declaration
at 174 for eight late in the day. •
3RD TEST, DAY 4
PAKISTAN 376 & 174/8d in 57 overs
(Yasir 38, Joseph 3/53) lead WEST
INDIES 247 in 115 overs (Chase
69, Abbas 5/46) & 7/1 in 6.3 overs
(Brathwaite 3*, Yasir 1/2) by 297 runs