Wolfsburg went sixth in the Bundesliga on Sunday after defender Naldo sealed a 1-0 win over Augsburg while ex-Chelsea midfielder Kevin de Bruyne was involved in a bizarre booking. A superb strike from 13 metres out from ex-Selecao defender Naldo on 58 minutes sealed Wolves' win which moved Dieter Hecking's side up the table.
But the highlight of the first-half was Tobias Werner's bizarre booking on 32 minutes for mimmicking a kick at Wolfsburg's De Bruyne only to earn a yellow card when his right boot flew off and hit the Belgium and former Chelsea midfielder.
On Sunday night, Borussia Moenchengladbach host Mainz 05 with both sides battling it out to claim second place behind leaders Bayern Munich, who went four points clear at the top of the table on Saturday with a 4-0 romp against Hanover 96.
Striker Robert Lewandowski and Arjen Robben both netted twice and Bayern dominated despite having Thomas Mueller and World Cup winner Mario Goetze on the bench, plus Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger injured.
Pep Guardiola's high-flying Bayern have now gone seven games without conceding a goal.
In contrast, Borussia Dortmund's dramatic domestic slump continued as they dropped to 13th in the table after their 1-0 defeat at home to Hamburg and are winless in their last four league games.
Along with Schalke and Bayer Leverkusen, Dortmund suffered a Champions League hangover and were a shadow of Wednesday's impressive 3-0 win at Anderlecht in Europe as Hamburg enjoyed only their first victory of the season.
This was Hamburg's fourth victory over Dortmund in their last five meetings to leave Klopp's side two points above the relegation zone as Pierre-Michel Lasogga's 35th-minute goal proved to be the winner.
Ten-man Schalke also suffered an afternoon to forget after drawing 1-1 with Maribor in the Champions League on Wednesday as they went down 2-1 at Hoffenheim, who moved up to second in the table.
Schalke finished with 10 men after Cameroon's Joel Matip was shown a second yellow and subsequent red before Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored a late consolation goal.
Bayer Leverkusen dropped to fourth after drawing 2-2 at home to ten-man Paderborn.
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