DORTMUND: Borussia Dortmund suffered a 3-2 defeat at house to Hoffenheim after a second-half double from Maximilian Beier on Sunday left the hosts’ maintain on fourth place within the Bundesliga in jeopardy.

Dortmund stay on 41 factors, one away from RB Leipzig in fifth, and 6 adrift of third-placed VfB Stuttgart, who performed out a 1-1 house draw with Cologne on Saturday.

Hoffenheim opened the scoring after two minutes when Ihlas Bebou stole the ball from the Dortmund defence to run into the field and slot house from a decent angle.

Dortmund grabbed the equaliser within the 21st by way of Donyell Malen’s close-range volley after a nook flicked on by Marco Reus and Nico Schlotterbeck’s towering header off a free kick made it 2-1 to the hosts 4 minutes later.

Beier equalised within the 61st minute with a deflected shot from the sting of the field and the 21-year-old scored his second three minutes later with a tap-in to revive the guests’ lead.

Dortmund captain Emre Can got here near a stoppage-time leveller however his close-range header went broad as his facet fell to their first defeat in 2024.

Hoffenheim are seventh on 30 factors after 23 video games.

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