Saturday 23 April 2016 19:49, UK
Bayern Munich beat Hertha Berlin 2-0 to move a step closer towards the Bundesliga title, but the champagne was kept on ice after Borussia Dortmund's 3-0 win at Stuttgart.
After struggling in the first half at the Olympiastadion, Arturo Vidal's deflected shot gave Bayern the lead early in the second half.
Douglas Costa added a second for Pep Guardiola's men, who can now look ahead to a Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid safe in the knowledge they are now just one more win away from a fourth successive Bundesliga crown.
With Dortmund also winning on Saturday, Bayern were unable to celebrate winning their 25th title, but they can do that by beating Borussia Monchengladbach at home next weekend.
Shinji Kagawa, Christian Pulisic and Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored the goals for Thomas Tuchel's Dortmund at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, while the defeat left Stuttgart left just two points above the bottom three with work still to do to secure their place in the top flight for next season.
With Bayern and Dortmund both certain of their places in next season's Champions League, Bayer Leverkusen moved a step closer to joining them with a 3-2 win at Schalke.
Trailing 2-0 at half-time through goals from Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Leroy Sane, and after Klaas-Jan Huntelaar also had a penalty saved, Leverkusen hit back in the second half at the Arena AufSchalke to open up a five-point advantage over fourth-placed Hertha.
Julian Brandt, Karim Bellarabi and Javier Hernandez turned the game on its head in the space of six second-half minutes to dent Schalke's hopes of catching them.
Elsewhere in Germany, Cologne moved up to eighth place with a 4-1 win at home against Darmstadt.
Bottom side Hannover managed to extend their survival bid for one more week after their 2-2 draw at Inglostadt, while Augsburg won 2-0 at Wolfsburg.
