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Bayer Leverkusen’s goalscorers, Javier Hernandez and Admir Mehmedi, celebrate after the win over Borussia Dortmund.
Bayer Leverkusen’s goalscorers, Javier Hernandez and Admir Mehmedi, celebrate after the win over Borussia Dortmund. Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP
Bayer Leverkusen’s goalscorers, Javier Hernandez and Admir Mehmedi, celebrate after the win over Borussia Dortmund. Photograph: Martin Meissner/AP

Borussia Dortmund slip to defeat at Bayer Leverkusen in Bundesliga

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Dortmund failed to take advantage of Bayern Munich’s slip-up earlier in the day and slumped to their second Bundesliga defeat of the season, going down 2-0 at Bayer Leverkusen.

Admir Mehmedi headed the home side in front early from a poorly defended corner and while Dortmund showed greater urgency after the break, fighting for the win that would have taken them to within a point of Bayern at the top of the table, it wasn’t until the 73rd minute that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang really tested Leverkusen goalkeeper Bernd Leno.

The Mexican striker Javier Hernández scored his fifth goal in a week when he slotted in a Hakan Calhanoglou pass in the 79th minute to dash any hopes of a Dortmund comeback and lift his team to seventh place.

Dortmund have dropped to third in the Bundesliga after Hertha Berlin’s 2-0 win against Hamburg.

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