体坛英语新闻：Bayern win, Dortmund suffer setback in German Bundesliga

BERLIN, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- German record champions Bayern Munich edged Augsburg 2-0 while defending champions Dortmund suffered a 3-2 loss against Wolfsburg at the 16th round of Bundesliga on Saturday.

Bundesliga front-runners Bayern Munich extended their unbeaten run to 11 games following a hard earned 2-0 win over Augsburg.

Courageous Augsburg almost secured a bright start as Sascha Moelders nearly opened the scoring from promising position.

Nevertheless, the Bavarians piled on the pressure to start their run on Augsburg's goal.

Mario Mandzukic had three chances to break the deadlock but yet Augsburg were able to deny the opener.

Five minutes before halftime break, Augsburg's Gibril Sankoh was penalized for handball inside the box to cause a penalty for the record champions.

Thomas Mueller stepped up and converted the penalty into bottom left to open the scoring.

After the break, Bayern Munich made the game save when Mario Gomez doubled the lead, two minutes after he came from the bench at the 62nd minute.

"We have had our problems in the offense. With the 1-0 lead, we have done better, but with the 2-0 lead we gained our full security," Bayern coach Juppy Heynckes said.

The Bavarians sit atop the standing with an 11-point gap to rivals Leverkusen whereas Augsburg dropped to relegation spot.

Defending champions Borussia Dortmund suffered a setback at the title race when they lost 3-2 to the "Wolves", leaving them 14 points adrift Bayern Munich.

The "BVB" caught a bright start on home soil as Marco Reus's free kick cross from the left wing ended up untouched in Wolfsburg goal with six minutes into the match.

Dortmund dictated the game but were unable to add another goal to their lead.

Things changed at the 35th minute when Marcel Schmelzer was sent off with a straight red card due to a supposed handball, when he blocked a shot onto the open goal.

Wolfsburg's Diego converted the penalty successfully to make it 1-1 on the scoreboards at the 36th minute.

The "Wolves" went one better five minutes later when Naldo volleyed home and Diego assisted into top right corner to shock Dortmund with a comeback.

Also Dortmund snatched a penalty at the 61st minute, Simon Kjaer had brought down Lewandowski inside the box to ensure a penalty for the hosts.

Jakub Blaszczykowski converted the penalty from the spot to restore the draw.

Ten men Dortmund frenetically pressed for the winner but they were caught flat-footed at the 73rd minute by Wolfsburg.

A through ball by Diego found Bas Dost who had all time and space to slot into bottom right with only Dortmund goalie Roman Weidenfeller to beat.

"I am proud of my team, weather it was luck or other things, the bottom line is I'm happy," said Wolfsburg caretaker Lorenz Guenther Koestner.

Stuttgart wrapped up their third consecutive win following their 3-1 victory over Schalke, thanks to the hat-trick by Vedad Ibisevic.

Stuttgart broke the deadlock with two minutes played as Ibisevic exploited a cross by Ibrahima Traore to score the opener.

The guests remained unfazed as they levelled the scores nine minutes later through Ciprian Marica. The hosts regained the lead seven minutes before the interval when Ibisevic converted a foul play penalty.

After the break Stuttgart were not done with the scoring as Ibisevic sealed his hat-trick at the 61st minute with a follow up shot from close range.

Elsewhere, newly promoted Frankfurt astonished Bremen 4-1, Nuremberg defeated Dusseldorf 2-0 and Freiburg overcame Greuther Fuerth 1-0.

The following matches are scheduled for Sunday: Monchengladbach host Mainz and Hannover encounter runners-up Leverkusen.