The run of success for Bayern's runners-up RB Leipzig has come to an end. After eight unbeaten Bundesliga games, coach Ole Werner's side conceded a 3-1 (1-2) defeat at a strong TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. However, the Kraichgauers' fourth win in a row was overshadowed by the open power struggle in the management team.
RB discovery Diomande scores again
Top talent Yan Diomande had put the Saxons ahead early on (9th minute). Nevertheless, Leipzig were beaten for the first time since the 6-0 opening defeat in Munich. Albian Hajdari (20') and Tim Lemperle (38') turned the game in Hoffenheim's favor before the break, who followed up a counter-attack by Grischa Prömel (79').
In front of 26,251 spectators in the Sinsheim stadium, the TSG fans put up a more visible fight than ever against Dietmar Hopp's intimate Roger Wittmann. Numerous protest posters against the player consultant were displayed in the south curve. The 85-year-old patron Hopp had to watch from his box seat.
