VfL Wolfsburg News

De Bruyne has won two Premier League titles and an FA Cup, as well as a host of individual accolades, since his arrival from VfL Wolfsburg in 2015.

Wolfsburg have now lost five consecutive home games to Dortmund, while Dortmund have won their last six league games in a row.

Bayern are on 57 points, ahead on goal difference from Dortmund, who won 3-1 against strugglers VfB Stuttgart.

Caligiuri fired in an eighth-minute penalty to make it 11 successful spot kicks out of 12 in the Bundesliga and put the hosts ahead against his former club.

Dortmund, who could book their Champions League knockout spot at Atletico Madrid on Tuesday, host Bayern in the Bundesliga next week.

Stuttgart`s sporting director Michael Reschke described it as a "cruel blow" for Gentner.

Indian-origin manager of the German football Bundesliga first division club VfB Stuttgart, has been sacked following the team's relegation.

Bayern caught a bright start at Schalke as David Alaba opened the scoring with a deflected shot.

Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski netted the Bundesliga`s fastest hat-trick on his way to a sensational five-goal haul after coming on as a substitute at the start of the second half in their match against VfL Wolfsburg on Tuesday.

It took Steve McClaren several years to overcome his image as a figure of fun, standing on the touchline at Wembley under an umbrella as the rain poured down and England were eliminated from the Euro 2008 qualifiers.