Bayern Munich were made to wait at least one more week before being able to celebrate winning a league-record fourth straight Bundesliga title despite beating Hertha Berlin 2-0 on Saturday.
Arturo Vidal and Douglas Costa ensured Pep Guardiola's men took maximum points once again, but Borussia Dortmund's 3-0 win at Stuttgart means they are still one win short of clinching the title.
After Bayern struggled in the first half, Vidal's deflected shot supplied the lead three minutes after the break. Costa doubled it in the 79th minute when he cut in from the right and sent an unstoppable shot into the far corner of the goal.
Dortmund found goals from Shinji Kagawa, Christian Pulisic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, ensuring they kept some suspense in the title chase with a convincing win at the Mercedes-Benz Arena.
A simple finish after a rebound gave 17-year-old Pulisic his second goal in as many games, making the U.S. international the youngest player in Bundesliga history to have two goals to his name.
"I saw [Mkhitaryan] was going to take a shot, and I've learned ever since I was little that if you wanna score goals you follow, follow the shots," Pulisic said. "That's what I did. And the goalkeeper hit it right out to me, and I just finished it."
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