Leipzig moves top of Bundesliga before Bayern-Dortmund clash
BERLIN (AP) ā Leipzig increased the pressure on Bayern Munich ahead of its clash with Borussia Dortmund by moving top of the Bundesliga with a 3-0 win at Freiburg on Saturday.
Goals from Christopher Nkunku, Alexander SoĢrloth and substitute Emil Forsberg gave the visitors their sixth straight league win to go a point ahead of Bayern before the defending championsā late game.
Nkunku scored minutes before the interval for Leipzig, taking advantage of the first lapse from Freiburgās defense. Kevin Kampl forced Baptiste Santamaria to loose the ball and it fell to Yussuf Poulsen, who set up Nkunku to score in the 41st.
French midfielder Nkunku provided the assist for SoĢrloth in the 64th, and SoĢrloth followed up by setting up Forsberg to seal the result in the 79th.
A late penalty from Dodi Lukebakio earned Hertha Berlin a 2-1 win over Augsburg to end its nine-game run without a win.
Patrik Schickās 77th-minute strike on a counterattack was enough for Bayer Leverkusen to win 1-0 at Borussia MoĢnchengladbach.
Third-place Wolfsburg slumped to a 2-1 loss at Hoffenheim, and fourth-place Eintracht Frankfurt drew with Stuttgart 1-1.
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