Saturday 14 October 2017 20:24, UK
Bayern Munich responded to the return of veteran coach Jupp Heynckes for a fourth spell at the club with an emphatic 5-0 win over Freiburg.
Heynckes, who has replaced Carlo Ancelotti until the end of the season, watched as strikes from Kingsley Coman, Thiago, Robert Lewandowski and Joshua Kimmich and a Julian Schuster own goal got the hosts back to winning ways.
Bayern had gone into the game five points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund and having surrendered two-goal leads in each of their previous two Bundesliga matches.
RB Leipzig ended Borussia Dortmund's club-record 41-game unbeaten run at home in the Bundesliga.
Leipzig's 3-2 win was league-leader Dortmund's first Bundesliga defeat at the Westfalenstadion since April 4, 2015, a 1-0 defeat to Bayern.
Dortmund's unbeaten run at home was the league's fifth longest since its formation in 1963.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored inside the far post in the fourth minute, but Marcel Sabitzer answered minutes later with a header from close range, and Dortmund's defence was at fault again when Bruma eluded Jeremy Toljan to set up Yussuf Poulsen.
It got worse for Dortmund after the break when Sokratis was sent off for bringing down Jean-Kevin Augustin, who dusted himself off to score the ensuing penalty.
Leipzig's Stefan Ilsanker was sent off minutes later with two yellow cards in quick succession and Aubameyang's second, a penalty, set up a frenetic finale, but Andrey Yarmolenko missed the best chance to equalize.
Fourth-placed Hoffenheim lost ground on Bayern as visiting Augsburg twice came from behind to grab a late point at the Rhein-Neckar Arena.
The home side broke the deadlock in the 52nd minute when Benjamin Hubner drilled home from the edge of the box after Andrej Kramaric's initial effort was blocked.
And, even after Augsburg substitute Michael Gregoritsch equalised after 75 minutes, the hosts thought they had done enough when Marc Uth found the top corner five minutes from time.
But Augsburg's persistence paid off in bizarre style in the 89th minute when a deep cross hit luckless Hoffenheim defender Kevin Vogt and ricocheted into the net to wrap up a 2-2 draw.
Schalke moved up to fifth place after a hard-fought 2-0 win away to 10-man Hertha Berlin, who had Genki Haraguchi dismissed just before half-time.
Leon Goretzka put Schalke ahead from the penalty spot in the 54th minute and Guido Burgstaller sealed the points for the visitors with their second 12 minutes from time.
Hannover continued to slide after their fine start to the season as they suffered their fourth Bundesliga game without a win in a 2-1 home defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Sebastien Haller put the visitors in front after 10 minutes and, despite an equaliser from Salif Sane before the break, Ante Rebic won it for Frankfurt with one minute left.
Alexandru Maxim, Stefan Bell and Danny Latza scored for Mainz as they edged struggling Hamburg 3-2 at the Opel Arena.
Hamburg's Brazilian striker Walace had briefly brought the visitors back on level terms, but their second, an injury-time penalty from Sejad Salihovic, was a mere consolation.
