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Robert Lewandowski scores late as Bayern Munich draw with Hertha Berlin

Image: Robert Lewandowski rescued a point for the league leaders

Robert Lewandowski's added-time goal earned Bayern Munich a 1-1 draw at Hertha Berlin on Saturday.

Captain Vedad Ibisevic's 21st-minute tap-in appeared to have given the home side all three points at the Olympiastadion and end a run of 11 successive Bundesliga defeats at the hands of the Bavarians, stretching back to 2009.

However, substitute Lewandowski denied Hertha with a close-range effort after an Arjen Robben strike was insufficiently cleared by the hosts.

The draw means Bayern's lead at the top is now eight points, although RB Leipzig can trim the gap to five with victory at Borussia Monchengladbach on Sunday.

Borussia Dortmund held on to third place after a comfortable 3-0 home win over Wolfsburg.

Jeffrey Bruma's own goal gave the hosts a 20th-minute lead and they wrapped up the win in the early stages of the second half with headers from Lukasz Piszcek (48) and Ousmane Dembele (53).

Two goals from Andrej Kramaric improved fourth-placed Hoffenheim's hopes of playing Champions League football next season.

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Kramaric opened the scoring against Darmstadt in the 64th minute and wrapped up the 2-0 victory from the penalty spot in the last minute - leaving Darmstadt six points adrift at the foot of the table.

Second from bottom Ingolstadt, who had only scored seven times on the road prior to their trip to Eintracht Frankfurt, won 2-0 to dent the hosts' hopes of Champions League qualification.

Romain Bregerie volleyed the visitors into a 26th-minute lead and fifth-placed Frankfurt's task was made harder eight minutes later when David Abraham was dismissed for a foul on Dario Lezcano.

The hosts were given a chance to level the scores when Martin Hansen fouled Ante Rebic but Makoto Hasebe struck the bar with his 56th-minute penalty.

And Pascal Gross made them pay from the spot 13 minutes later, after Michael Hector had been penalised for fouling Matthew Leckie.

Leckie himself saw red for an 81st-minute challenge on Bastian Oczipka but Ingolstadt held on for a welcome three points.

Fellow strugglers Werder Bremen were another team who won 2-0 away to improve their prospects of survival.

First-half goals from Serge Gnabry (16) and Thomas Delaney (23) put the northerners in control at Mainz and they held on for a win which leaves the hosts looking over their shoulders at the wrong end of the table.

Meanwhile, Hamburg drew 2-2 with Freiburg in the day's late game.

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