Defending champion Wolfsburg kept pace with the top teams in the Bundesliga with a 2-1 home victory against Borussia Moenchengladbach on Sunday. Alexander Madlung scored for Wolfsburg in first-half injury time and Christian Gentner made it 2-0 two minutes into second-half stoppage time. A minute later, Michael Bradley scored a consolation goal for Moenchengladbach. The win gives Armin Veh's Wolfsburg side 16 points in fifth place, five points behind leader Bayer Leverkusen. 'It wasn't a good game for us. 'Gladbach made things difficult for us, not letting us get through,' Wolfsburg midfielder Zvjezdan Misimovic said. 'It wasn't a convincing game, but what's important was that we won the game. 'The first goal was extremely important, letting us go into the locker room ahead 1-0. And we should have scored the second goal earlier to ease things. But in the end we survived.' The win could have been more comfortable but Wolfsburg striker Edin Dzeko twice hit the woodwork in the first half. Moenchengladbach lost its fifth straight game and six of the last seven to remain in 17th place with seven points. Wolfsburg took the lead with Madlung's header before Gentner's 11-meter (yard) shot extended the lead. Moenchengladbach didn't give up with Bradley pulling a goal back, but there wasn't enough time to try and equalize. 'We had a very good away match,' Moenchengladbach defender Tobias Levels said. 'We stood very well defensively the entire game and had our chances, but we just didn't use them. And they beat us on two mistakes in injury time.' In Sunday's late game, Borussia Dortmund celebrated a second straight victory after beating Bochum 2-0 at home, courtesy of goals from Lucas Barrios in the 20th minute and Neven Subotic after 51 minutes. Dortmund, who scored more than one goal in a Bundesliga game for the first time this season, moved on to 12 points in 10th place. Bochum, who saw Diego Klimowicz hit the post with nine minutes left, are 16th in the standings with just eight points after one win in their last six matches. 