Leon Goretzka late goal sealed it for Bayern Munich as they restored their seven-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga with a 2-1 victory over Borussia Monchengladbach.
Bayern where Without Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller, Joshua Zirkzee (Bayern) broke the deadlock shortly after the visitors had been denied by a VAR decision.
Benjamin Pavard's own goal at 11 minutes later levelled matters, but Goretzka caught the Gladbach defence napping four minutes from time to extinguish any realistic prospect of a late turnaround in the title race.
Victory on Tuesday for Bayern at Werder Bremen would clinch an eighth successive Bundesliga championship, with Borussia Dortmund surely now playing just for second place.
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