Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored a second-half winner as Borussia Dortmund secured a 1-0 victory at Bayer Leverkusen yesterday to maintain their solitary pursuit of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.

Borussia Dortmund are on 51 points in the standings, more than any team in second place has ever had after 22 matches, but they are still eight behind Bayern, who won 3-1 against Darmstadt 98 on Saturday.

Aubameyang struck in the 64th minute with Erik Durm delivering a fine cutback and the Gabon international tapping in for his 21st league goal this season.

The goal prompted an angry reaction from Leverkusen coach Roger Schmidt, who was sent to the stands by the referee, but refused to leave his technical area, causing the game to be briefly interrupted.

Referee Felix Zwayer stopped play and left the pitch until Schmidt followed his orders.

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