BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund slumped to another Bundesliga defeat, 2-1 in Freiburg to lose more ground in the race for Champions League qualification on Saturday.

Quick-fire goals from Jeong Woo-yeong in the 49th minute and an own goal from Dortmund goalkeeper Marwin Hitz in the 52nd saw the visitors lose their eighth game in 20 rounds and drop three points behind Bayer Leverkusen in fourth, the last qualifying place for Europe`s premier competition.

The 16-year-old Youssouf a Moukoko`s 76th-minute strike came too late for Dortmund.

Dortmund remain in sixth nonetheless, as fellow Champions League hopefuls Borussia Moenchengladbach also slumped to a shocl( 2-1 defeat, at home to local rivals Cologne.

Elvis Rexhbecaj gave relegation-threatened Cologne an early lead, but Florian Neuhaus` deflected shot drew Gladbach level on 16 minutes.

Rexhbecaj pounced on a mistake by Stefan Lainer to add another early in the second half and lift Cologne four points clear of the bottom three.

Former Germany defender Shkodran Mustafi made his Schall(e 04 debut despite not training with the team after joining from Arsenal, but his new team lost at home to secondplaced RB Leipzig 3-0.

Nordi Mukiele gave Leipzig the lead at the end of a turgid first half, beating Mustafi in the air to head the ball in at a corner.

Marcel Sabitzer put the game beyond doubt in the second half, sweeping a low shot past Mustafi and goalkeeper Ralf Faehrmann, before Willi Orban headed in Leipzig`s third.

Schalke remained last and firm candidates for relegation with just one win and eight points from 20 games.

The win kept secondplaced Leipzig seven points behind league leaders Bayern Munich, who had temporarily extended the lead to ten with their 1-0 win at Hertha Berlin on Friday.

Both VfL Wolfsburg and Leverkusen remained hot on Leipzig`s heels with wins on Saturday.

Second-half goals from Wout Weghorst and Ridle Baku gave third-placed Wolfsburg their fifth win in a row away to Augsburg, while Leverkusen were 5-2 home winners in an entertaining clash with VfB Stuttgart.

Kerem Demirbay put Leverkusen in front with a neat backheel volley from close range on 18 minutes and nutmegged Stuttgart goalkeeper Gregor Kobel to double the lead shortly afterwards.

Sasa Kalajdzic struck twice in the second half, but his second was a mere consolation goal. Leon Bailey and Florian Wirtz had already given Leverkusen a commanding lead.

English winger Demarai Gray, who joined Leverkusen from Leicester City in January, added a fifth before full-time on his debut to pick up his first Bundesliga goal.

Elsewhere, second-frombottom Mainz 05 moved to within four points of safety as Moussa Niakhate`s firsthalf penalty gave them a hard-fought 1-0 win at home to Union Berlin.-Agencies