Saturday 17 December 2016 20:11, UK
Leipzig moved back to the top of the Bundesliga again on Saturday after flexing their muscles in a comfortable 2-0 win against high-flying Hertha Berlin.
Beaten for the first time all season last weekend, Ralph Hasenhuttl's side proved that was just a blip as they dominated against an outfit that started the weekend just six points behind them, and ended nine in their wake.
Timo Werner and Willi Orban scored the goals as Leipzig put the ball back in the court of Bayern Munich, who they face in a top-of-the-table clash on Wednesday.
Whether they go into that game with a three-point or two-point cushion, or whether they will be behind on goal difference will be determined when Bayern travel to Darmstadt on Sunday.
In Saturday's other games, Eintracht Frankfurt could have climbed to third with a win, but instead they remained behind Hoffenheim, Hertha and Borussia Dortmund after going down 1-0 at Wolfsburg.
Jeffrey Bruma scored the only goal of the game while Alexander Meier missed a penalty for the Eagles.
Koln also missed an opportunity to move into the top six when they were held to a 1-1 draw at struggling Werder Bremen.
Artjoms Rudnevs put Cologne in front but Serge Gnabry boosted his already glowing reputation with a fine equaliser.
Augsburg won their first game under the caretaker guidance of Manuel Baum with Martin Hinteregger's goal against his former club enough to earn them a 1-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach.
Finally, Mainz ended a three-game losing streak by beating Hamburg 3-1 with Danny Latza scoring a hat-trick in reply to Bobby Wood's opener for the northern Germany side.
