Leipzig profit from Dortmund mistakes

BUNDESLIGA leaders RB Leipzig came from behind twice to draw 3-3 at Borussia Dortmund in a thriller in which the hosts paid the price for big individual mistakes.

Julian Weigl and Julian Brandt were on target for impressive Dortmund in the first half but blunders from goalkeeper Roman Buerki and Brandt gifted Leipzig’s Timo Werner a brace to level at 2-2.

Jaden Sancho put the hosts back ahead before Patrick Schick grabbed a draw for Leipzig with 12 minutes left.

“You want to win if you lead 2-0. Unfortunately we made it exciting again with the two mistakes,” Buerki told Sky TV.

“These things like my mistake happen but

I also had good saves.”

Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann said: “It feels a little like a victory. We didn’t want to play like we did in the first half. Dortmund then gifted us two goals.”

Elsewhere, Werder Bremen’s crisis deepened in the form of a 5-0 home defeat against Mainz, Augsburg beat third-last Fortuna Dusseldorf 3-0, and Union Berlin fell 2-0 against Hoffenheim.

Quaison scored a hat-trick, and an own goal from Bremen goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka and Jean-Philippe Mateta secured victory for the rampant visitors Mainz who moved away from the danger zone.

Bremen’s big defeat came after a weekend 6-1 debacle at champions Munich but club officials have voiced full support for coach Florian Kohfeldt despite just one win in 12 games and 15th place.

“There is no excuse for this. The first half was really bad,” Kohfeldt said.

Bremen remained outside the danger zone because Dusseldorf lost in Augsburg from a brace by Philipp Max and Tin Jedvaj’s header. The hosts have garnered a club record 16 points from six games as they rose to 10th.

Hoffenheim meanwhile ended a recent slide in the mid-table duel with Union, thanks to goals from Ihlas Bebou and Christoph Baumgartner. – dpa