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Berlin, Aug 21 (AFP): Borussia Dortmund slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat at Freiburg on Saturday as star striker Erling Braut Haaland drew a rare Bundesliga blank.<\/p>\n
This is the first time Dortmund have lost to Freiburg in Germany’s top flight for 11 years with Saturday’s setback coming just four days after losing 3-1 to Bayern Munich in the German Super Cup.<\/p>\n
“We make stupid mistakes, twice!” grumbled Dortmund centre-back Manuel Akanji.<\/p>\n
“We gave away a free-kick for the first and the second goal was a counter attack.<\/p>\n
“We can’t invite opponents to score, especially when we have Champions League aspirations.”<\/p>\n
Dortmund will discover their group opponents when the draw for the Champions League is made Thursday.<\/p>\n
Freiburg raced into the lead when dead-ball expert Vincenzo Grifo blasted in a superb free-kick after just six minutes.<\/p>\n
Dortmund thrashed Eintracht Frankfurt 5-2 last Saturday on the opening weekend, but the visitors’ defensive frailties emerged again having been a problem last season.<\/p>\n
After England midfielder Jude Bellingham lost the ball, Freiburg forward Roland Sallai was left unmarked to smash home his shot as the hosts doubled their lead on 53 minutes.<\/p>\n
Bellingham made amends by pressuring the defence with a strong run which caused Freiburg midfielder Yannik Keitel to put the ball into his own net with half an hour to go.<\/p>\n
Freiburg have been winless in their previous 19 meetings with Dortmund dating back to May 2010.<\/p>\n
Cunha left out by Hertha<\/p>\n
Hertha Berlin left Brazil striker Matheus Cunha out of their match-day squad for their 2-1 home defeat to Wolfsburg amid reports the Olympic gold medallist wants to join Atletico Madrid.<\/p>\n
Hertha took the lead when striker Dodi Lukebakio converted a penalty after the Belgian striker was fouled in the area.<\/p>\n
Wolfsburg fought back with Germany Under-21 international Ridle Baku hitting the bottom corner 16 minutes from time before new signing Lukas Nmecha came off the bench to hit the winner on 89 minutes.<\/p>\n
Bochum start with a win<\/p>\n
Promoted Bochum earned a 2-0 win at home to Mainz as the hosts scored their first goal in Germany’s top flight for more than 11 years.<\/p>\n
The honour went to German-born Filipino forward Gerrit Holtmann, who dribbled through the defence before knocking the ball through the legs of the Mainz goalkeeper.<\/p>\n
Bochum had a goal ruled out before Sebastian Polter scored on his debut early in the second half.<\/p>\n
Eintracht Frankfurt were held to a goalless draw at home by Augsburg while Greuther Fuerth and Arminia Bielefeld drew 1-1.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, defending champions Bayern Munich are set to be without injured captain Manuel Neuer and France winger Kingsley Coman at home to Cologne.<\/p>\n
RB Leipzig thrashed VfB Stuttgart 4-0 on Friday as Hungarian midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai scored brilliant long-range goals either side of half-time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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