Leipzig beaten, title race thrown wide open

Haaland record start in Bundesliga with 5 goals from 6 shots

BERLIN Jan 25, (AP): Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Bundesliga leader Leipzig 2-0 to throw the title race wide open on Saturday.

Frankfurt defender Almamy Toure scored a brilliant goal just after the break and Filip Kostic sealed the win in injury time to deal Leipzig its first defeat since a 2-1 loss at home to Freiburg in October.

Borussia Mönchengladbach cut the gap at the top to two points with a 3-1 win at home over Mainz, thanks largely to goals in each half from French striker Alassane Plea.

Borussia Dortmund are just four points off the top .

Also Saturday, Union Berlin defeated Augsburg 2-0 at home, Hertha Berlin came from behind to win 2-1 at Wolfsburg, and Paderborn moved off the bottom with a 2-0 win at Freiburg.

Only one of his six shots hasn’t ended in a goal.

Erling Haaland continued the remarkable start to his Borussia Dortmund career with two more goals in a 5-1 win over Cologne in the Bundesliga. The 19-year-old Norwegian became the first player to score five goals in his first two Bundesliga games.

Haaland needed just 57 minutes to manage the feat over two substitute appearances after scoring a hat trick on his debut in Augsburg the previous Saturday.

“It’s a real pity that he’s already letting up. Three goals, now two goals – I hope that it’s not just one goal in the next game,” Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Bürki joked.

Haaland, who joined from Austrian side Red Bull Salzburg during the winter break, has spent 59 minutes in total on the pitch, meaning he is averaging a goal every 12 minutes.

He came on in the 65th minute for his debut at home and scored from

Mainz’s Jerry St. Juste (right), and Moenchengladbach’s Alassane Plea challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and FSV Mainz 05 in

Moenchengladbach, Germany on Jan 25. (AP)

close range in the 77th, shooting in the rebound after Timo Horn saved from Raphael Guerreiro.

Axel Witsel sent Haaland through for his second in the 87th.

Guerreiro got the home side off to a flying start in the first minute. Reus took a long ball from Mats Hummels, played it to the right for Jadon Sancho, who crossed for Guerreiro to score.

Dortmund were awarded a penalty 10 minutes later after Sebastiaan Bornauw brought down Achraf