Leipzig curtail Bayern’s lead

AFP, BERLIN: RB Leipzig cut Bayern Munich's lead at the top of the Bundesliga to five points on Sunday as Emil Forsberg and Timo Werner netted in a 2-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Leipzig brushed off consecutive defeats with an impressive display at Borussia Park to trim the lead of Bayern, who had needed a 96th-minute Robert Lewandowski goal to draw 1-1 at Hertha Berlin on Saturday.
Werner, who is in contention for a call-up to the Germany squad for games against England and Azerbaijan next month, and Forsberg were involved in both goals as RB returned to winning ways after defeats to Hamburg and Borussia Dortmund.
Second-placed RB took the lead when Forsberg, who signed a new deal until 2022 earlier this month, slammed home Werner's pass on 31 minutes for the Swedish playmaker's sixth league goal this season. Leipzig's Hungary goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi then saved Thorgan Hazard's penalty on the stroke of half-time, and Werner, who is just 20, doubled RB's tally early in the second half.

Leipzig curtail Bayerns lead

AFP, BERLIN: RB Leipzig cut Bayern Munichs lead at the top of the Bundesliga to five points on Sunday as Emil Forsberg and Timo Werner netted in a 2-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach. Leipzig brushed off consecutive defeats with an impressive display at Borussia Park to trim the lead of Bayern, who had needed a 96th-minute Robert Lewandowski goal to draw 1-1 at Hertha Berlin on Saturday. Werner, who is in contention for a call-up to the Germany squad for games against England and Azerbaijan next month, and Forsberg were involved in both goals as RB returned to winning ways after defeats to Hamburg and Borussia Dortmund. Second-placed RB took the lead when Forsberg, who signed a new deal until 2022 earlier this month, slammed home Werners pass on 31 minutes for the Swedish playmakers sixth league goal this season. Leipzigs Hungary goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi then saved Thorgan Hazards penalty on the stroke of half-time, and Werner, who is just 20, doubled RBs tally early in the second half.