BORUSSIA DORTMUND were made to pay for suspending Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as they slipped to a 2-1 defeat at Stuttgart.
Andre Schuerrle missed a penalty as Peter Bosz's men were shocked in the absence of their top scorer.
That led Bosz to leave him out of tonight's squad, but his stance backfired as Dortmundfailed to close the gap on leaders Bayern Munich.
The Ruhr valley club, firm title contenders only a few weeks ago with six wins from their first seven league matches, have lost their winning touch and are without a Bundesligavictory since September, piling pressure their on coach.
Dortmund, who take on Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League next week, are stuck on 20 points in third place with champions Bayern Munich, top on 26, taking on Augsburg on Saturday. RB Leipzig, four points behind in second, travel to Bayer Leverkusen. Stuttgart, who have now won all of their 16 points this season at home, climbed to 11th.
A disastrous back pass from Marc Bartra allowed Chardac Akolo to slip in and put Stuttgart ahead in the fifth minute. Dortmund were in control and had their chances but with Aubameyang absent, they lacked his finish.
They still managed a late first-half equaliser with Maximilian Philipp scoring on the rebound after Andre Schuerrle's penalty was saved. But Josip Brekalo fired in through the legs of keeper Roman Buerki six minutes after the restart to restore their lead with a break that once again took the shaky Dortmund defence by complete surprise.
Eintracht had several more good chances to add to their tally with Brekalo and Berkay Ozcan as frustrated Dortmund ran out of gas.
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