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Borussia Dortmund's Nico Schlotterbeck celebrates with Serhou Guirassy (R) after 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 in a revived title race.
The defending champions' advantage was as much as 11 points but Bayern, who host third-placed 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.
"We played well in the first half but the second half was weak and we deserved to be pegged back," Dortmund defender Nico Schlotterbeck told Sky.
"We suffered and made a lot of mistakes. But we luckily only conceded once and that was important because the lads up front are always a threat."
Maxi Beier also hit the bar via a deflection for Dortmund. Fourth-bottom Wolfsburg struck the woodwork too and could easily have snatched a win before neat play from Felix Nmecha and Fabio Silva set up Guinea's Guirassy for his ninth league goal this term.
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.
'Don't have the confidence'
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.
"The effort was there, but the consistency was lacking," Thioune said. "At the moment, we don't have the confidence we need to get more out of the likes of Freiburg. But we can build on the last two days of training because the team has shown willing."
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 and Wolfsburg.
It was Stuttgart's first league defeat in eight games and St Pauli's maiden win this year.
Previous strugglers Mainz are up to 14th after a 2-0 home victory over Augsburg following two penalties from Nadiem Amiri.
Borussia Mönchengladbach are a point above them after a 1-1 draw with fifth-placed Bayer Leverkusen in the late game at Borussia Park.
The home side took a deserved lead through Yannik Engelhardt before Philipp Sander's own goal pulled inconsistent Leverkusen level at the break.
Kasper Hjulmand's side trail Stuttgart by three points in the race for the final Champions League berth but have a game in hand.
RB Leipzig, in sixth and on the same points as Leverkusen, go to mid-table Cologne on Sunday.
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Bayer Leverkusen's Aleix Garcia celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen at Borussia-Park Stadium. Federico Gambarini/dpa
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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
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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 Danel Sinani (L) scores his side's second goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC St. Pauli and VfB Stuttgart at Millerntor Stadium. Christian Charisius/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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Hamburger's Ransford Koenigsdoerffer (L) scores 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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Freiburg's Jan-Niklas Beste (C) scores his side's first goal 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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Mainz's Nadiem Amiri scores 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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