Talking points from the Bundesliga weekend

Five talking points from the weekend's Bundesliga matches as Borussia Dortmund won 2-1 at Schalke to stay seven points clear at the top. MAINZ DRAW ENDS WITH DIVING ROW Mainz forward Jean-Philippe Mateta denied that he dived to win a late penalty which allowed his side to grab a 1-1 draw at home to Hanover 96. The Frenchman went down under a challenge from Hanover's Matthias Ostrzolek and Daniel Brosinski converted amid furious Hanover protests. There were conflicting versions as Ostrzolek told reporters that Mateta had admitted to diving. "He said it himself, he said it to us, the players, but not the referee," Ostrzolek said. "I told him he should go the referee and tell him the truth." But Mateta replied: "It wasn't a dive. I was knocked while I was running. I cannot apologise for a dive which did not exist." Hanover coach Andre Breitenreiter was baffled because the referee did not consult the VAR officials, who are based in a studio in Cologne. "There was no contact, I don't understand the referee...why he doesn't ask the player or get a signal from Cologne?" he said. "If they can't recognise that was a dive, we might as well pack up an can get rid of the VAR.... We are...