Erling Haaland scored twice for Borussia Dortmund to deny RB Leipzig top spot in the Bundesliga with a 3-1 win.
The young striker recorded his 11th and 12 Bundesliga goals of the season after a goal from Jadon Sancho in the 55th minute of the match.
Leipzig was hoping to take advantage of Bayern Munich’s 3-2 loss at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Friday but remain a point behind the league leaders after slumping to their first home defeat of the season.
They both began at a frenetic pace, each team surging forward in numbers when they had the ball and sprinting back to recover when not in possession.
It made for a breathless spectacle, but goalscoring chances were few and far between as the sides cancelled each other out.
Jadon Sancho followed up his first league goal of the season against Wolfsburg last weekend with the opener in the 55th minute. Marco Reus set up Sancho with his heel and the England forward fired inside the left post.
Haaland struck the crossbar and Dani Olmo responded by hitting the post for Leipzig.
Haaland went one better in the 71st minute when Sancho set him up to score with a header after some fine team interplay from Dortmund. Then Reus sent the Norwegian through to round goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi and seal the win late on.
Substitute Alexander Sorloth’s 89th-minute strike was too little, too late for Leipzig. Dortmund climb to fourth, three points behind RB Leipzig, after their third win in four games under new coach Edin Terzic.
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