Defending champions Borussia Dortmund put one hand on the German league title on Saturday as their 2-1 win at Ruhr valley rivals Schalke left them nine points clear at the top of the table. With second-placed Bayern Munich hosting Mainz on Saturday night, Juergen Klopp's side took the opportunity to extend their lead, having beaten the Bavarians 1-0 in Dortmund on Wednesday.
With three games left after this weekend, Dortmund are in pole position to win their second consecutive title, but the visitors had to come from behind in Gelsenkirchen. Schalke took the lead when Peru forward Jefferson Farfan blasted his shot home from the edge of the penalty area with just nine minutes on the clock, the ball deflecting off Dortmund's Shinji Kagawa. But the champions roared back as Poland defender Lukasz Piszczek drilled home the equaliser from a seemingly impossible angle on 17 minutes.
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