Dortmund win to cut Bayern lead to three, Thioune loses Bremen debut

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Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund at Volkswagen Arena. David Inderlied/dpa

Serhou Guirassy's late goal gave Borussia Dortmund a 2-1 win at Wolfsburg on Saturday and cut the gap to Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich to three points.

The defending champions' advantage was as much as 11 points but Bayern, who host Hoffenheim on Sunday, have lost and drawn their last two games to open the door.

Dortmund have won five league games in a row after Julian Brandt opened the scoring by heading in Julian Ryerson's corner at the near post. Konstantinos Koulierakis nodded in a free-kick to equalize but Guirassy struck on 87 minutes to put the pressure on Bayern.

New Werder Bremen coach Daniel Thioune lost his first ever Bundesliga game after Niklas Beste bent in his first league goal for Freiburg in a 1-0 home victory.

The hosts held on despite having Johan Manzambi sent off for a studs-up tackle on 52 minutes and even had a second goal ruled out for a foul.

Thioune, a former SV Hamburg and Fortuna Dusseldorf boss, took over from the sacked Horst Steffen on Wednesday but Bremen have slipped to the relegation play-off spot having now not won in 11 games.

Heidenheim stay rock bottom after a 2-0 home loss to Hamburg, whose city rivals St Pauli won 2-1 against fourth-placed VfB Stuttgart to stay second-bottom - but just two points behind Bremen.

It was Stuttgart's first league defeat in eight games.

Previous strugglers Mainz are up to 13th after a 2-0 home victory over Augsburg following two penalties from Nadiem Amiri.

Borussia Mönchengladbach host sixth-placed Bayer Leverkusen in Saturday's late game.

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Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy (R) scores his side's second goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund at Volkswagen Arena. David Inderlied/dpa
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Mainz's Nadiem Amiri (C) celebrates scoring his side's second goal with teammnates Phillip Tietz and Sheraldo Becker during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FSV Mainz 05 and FC Augsburg at Mewa Arena. Florian Wiegand/dpa
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Hamburger's Rayan Philippe (R) celebrates scoring his side's second goal with teammate Damion Downs during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Heidenheim and Hamburger SV at Voith Arena. Harry Langer/dpa
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Wolfsburg players celebrate their side's first goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund at Volkswagen Arena. David Inderlied/dpa
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St. Pauli's Danel Sinani (C) celebrates scoring his side's second goal with teammates during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC St. Pauli and VfB Stuttgart at Millerntor Stadium. Christian Charisius/dpa
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St. Pauli's Manolis Saliakas celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC St. Pauli and VfB Stuttgart at Millerntor Stadium. Christian Charisius/dpa
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Mainz's Nadiem Amiri celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FSV Mainz 05 and FC Augsburg at Mewa Arena. Florian Wiegand/dpa
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Hamburger's Ransford Koenigsdoerffer celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between 1. FC Heidenheim and Hamburger SV at Voith Arena. Harry Langer/dpa
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Borussia Dortmund's Julian Brandt (2nd L) celebrate scoring his side's first goal with teammates during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund at Volkswagen Arena. David Inderlied/dpa
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St. Pauli's Manolis Saliakas celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC St. Pauli and VfB Stuttgart at Millerntor Stadium. Christian Charisius/dpa
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Freiburg's Jan-Niklas Beste (C) celebrates scoring his side's first goal with teammates Vincenzo Grifo (L) and Igor Matanovic during the German Bundesliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and Werder Bremen at Europa-Park Stadium. Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa
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Mainz's Nadiem Amiri celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FSV Mainz 05 and FC Augsburg at Mewa Arena. Florian Wiegand/dpa

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