Leipzig transfer prime of Bundesliga earlier than Bayern Munich-Borussia Dortmund conflict
Image Source : AP Leverkusen’s Kerem Demirbay, Moenchengladbach’s Valentino Lazaro, Leverkusen’s Wendell and Leverkusen’s Charles Aranguiz, from left, problem for the ball through the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Bayer Leverkusen in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Saturday, March 6
Leipzig elevated the stress on Bayern Munich forward of its conflict with Borussia Dortmund by transferring prime of the Bundesliga with a 3-0 win at Freiburg on Saturday.
Goals from Christopher Nkunku, Alexander Sörloth and substitute Emil Forsberg gave the guests their sixth straight league win to go some extent forward of Bayern earlier than the defending champions’ late recreation.
Nkunku scored minutes earlier than the interval for Leipzig, making the most of the primary lapse from Freiburg’s protection. Kevin Kampl pressured Baptiste Santamaria to unfastened the ball and it fell to Yussuf Poulsen, who arrange Nkunku to attain within the forty first.
French midfielder Nkunku supplied the help for Sörloth within the sixty fourth, and Sörloth adopted up by establishing Forsberg to seal the outcome within the 79th.
A late penalty from Dodi Lukebakio earned Hertha Berlin a 2-1 win over Augsburg to finish its nine-game run with no win.
Patrik Schick’s 77th-minute strike on a counterattack was sufficient for Bayer Leverkusen to win 1-0 at Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Third-place Wolfsburg slumped to a 2-1 loss at Hoffenheim, and fourth-place Eintracht Frankfurt drew with Stuttgart 1-1.