Bundesliga strugglers Wolfsburg appointed former RB Leipzig and Southampton coach Ralph Hasenhuettl on Sunday as Niko Kovac's replacement.

Bundesliga strugglers Wolfsburg fired manager Niko Kovac on Sunday with the German side yet to win in the league since the start of the year.

Nathan Tella and Florian Wirtz scored as Bayer Leverkusen beat 10-man Wolfsburg 2-0 on Sunday to edge their team closer to a maiden Bundesliga title.

Portuguese defender Vieirinha blasts in a 49th-minute winner as VfL Wolfsburg avoid relegation from the top tier of the Bundesliga with a 1-0 (2-0 aggregate) win over Eintracht Braunschweig.

Julian Draxler had the world at his feet when Wolfsburg paid Schalke 35 million euros ($37.3m) back in August 2015 for Germany's rising star.

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal warned of danger ahead for his team in the Champions League if they do not learn to close out games more convincingly.