USMNT midfielder Weston McKennie and Schalke got the better of his countryman Christian Pulisic and Borussia Dortmund as Sunday’s Revierderby highlighted the Bundesliga’s weekend docket.
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Schalke 2-0 Borussia Dortmind
Peter Stoger’s BVB honeymoon is over, and the manager will be under fire after a derby loss in Gelsenkirchen which featured a stunning goal from Naldo.
The Brazilian made it 2-0 with a hammered finish on Sunday, adding to Yehven Konoplyanka’s opener and sending Schalke four points clear of third-place Bayer Leverkusen and fourth-place BVB.
Here’s Schalke boss Domenico Tedesco: “I’m really happy for the team and for our fans. We wanted to show a reaction after the Hamburg defeat, and we succeeded. I have to praise every player today.”
McKennie played 18 minutes off the bench for Schalke, while BVB’s Pulisic went 90 minutes and covered more ground than any teammate and only behind Schalke’s Guido Burgstaller and Alessandro Schopf for the game.
UNBELIEVABLE STRIKE FROM NALDO!
— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) April 15, 2018
The center back hits a rocket from the free kick to put Schalke ahead 2-0 in the late stages of this one. pic.twitter.com/dpYLZ5joVq
Bayern Munich 5-1 Borussia Monchengladbach (Saturday)
Jupp Heycknes’ Bavarians have already won the league and spent the midweek cruising to a Champions League semifinal, but that doesn’t mean they’ll rest on their laurels.
Down 1-0 on a Josip Drmic goal, Bayern rattled off goals from Sandro Wagner (2), David Alaba, Thiago Alcantara, and Robert Lewandowski (of course, his 27th of the season) to finish the weekend 20 points clear of the field.
Elsewhere
Wolfsburg 0-0 Augsburg -- Friday
Saturday
Hoffenheim 2-0 Hamburg -- Bobby Wood not in 18; Gnabry scores
Stuttgart 1-1 Hannover 96
Bayer Leverkusen 4-1 Eintracht Frankfurt -- Volland hat trick
Hertha Berlin 2-1 Koln
Sunday
Werder Bremen 1-1 RB Leipzig: Everton’s Lookman scores for RBL
STANDINGS
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Home | Away | PTS |
| Bayern Munich | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 81 | 22 | 59 | 13-2-0 | 11-1-3 | 75 |
| FC Schalke 04 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 33 | 14 | 9-4-2 | 7-3-5 | 55 |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 55 | 37 | 18 | 7-5-3 | 7-4-4 | 51 |
| Borussia Dortmund | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 41 | 16 | 8-4-3 | 6-5-4 | 51 |
| RB Leipzig | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 42 | 3 | 8-4-3 | 5-4-6 | 47 |
| 1899 Hoffenheim | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 42 | 13 | 9-4-2 | 3-6-6 | 46 |
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 37 | 4 | 7-4-4 | 6-3-6 | 46 |
| Mönchengladbach | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 48 | -9 | 7-4-4 | 4-3-8 | 40 |
| Hertha BSC Berlin | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 5-6-4 | 4-6-5 | 39 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 27 | 35 | -8 | 8-4-3 | 3-2-10 | 39 |
| FC Augsburg | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 40 | -2 | 5-4-6 | 4-6-5 | 37 |
| Werder Bremen | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 36 | -2 | 6-5-4 | 3-5-7 | 37 |
| Hannover 96 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 44 | -6 | 7-3-5 | 2-6-7 | 36 |
| VfL Wolfsburg | 30 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 37 | -7 | 2-8-5 | 3-7-5 | 30 |
| SC Freiburg | 29 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 26 | 48 | -22 | 5-6-4 | 1-6-7 | 30 |
| FSV Mainz 05 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 47 | -17 | 5-3-6 | 1-6-8 | 27 |
| Hamburger SV | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 48 | -25 | 4-4-7 | 1-3-11 | 22 |
| 1. FC Köln | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 58 | -29 | 3-4-8 | 2-2-11 | 21 |