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Bundesliga round-up: Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund both drop points

Borussia Monchengladbach go second after beating Schalke

Robert Lewandowski during the Bundesliga match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Bayern Muenchen at BayArena on February 2, 2019 in Leverkusen, Germany.
Image: Robert Lewandowski was unable to score as Bayern Munich lost

Defending champions Bayern Munich crashed to a shock 3-1 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday, allowing Borussia Dortmund to extend their lead at the top of the Bundesliga table to seven points.

Second-half goals by Leverkusen's Leon Bailey, Kevin Volland and Lucas Alario inflicted only a fourth league defeat on second-placed Bayern this season as Dortmund added a point to their lead despite drawing 1-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt.

Bayern saw their seven-match winning streak in the league ended abruptly and now have 13 games to catch Dortmund up.

"We have to win every game now," fumed Bayern midfielder Joshua Kimmich. "If we leave any more points on the road, it will be almost irredeemable."

Bayern took the lead when in-form midfielder Leon Goretzka scored his fourth goal in three games with a superb box-to-box effort.

DORTMUND, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: Achraf Hakimi of Dortmund celebrates his goal for the 1-0 lead with Marco Reus during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and Hannover 96 at the Signal Iduna Park on January 26, 2019 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by J..rg Sch..ler/Getty Images)
Image: Marco Reus celebrates scoring for Dortmund

It should have been 2-0 at the break to Bayern, but Robert Lewandowski had a goal ruled marginally offside.

Leverkusen's fightback burst into life eight minutes after the break when Bailey curled a free-kick past Bayern's reserve goalkeeper Sven Ulreich, in for thumb-injury victim Manuel Neuer.

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Leverkusen then shredded Bayern's defence to leave Volland with a simple tap in on 63 minutes before striker Alario, on for Bailey, tapped home on 89 minutes as Bayern were repeatedly punished on the counter.

In Frankfurt, Dortmund deserved an away point and went ahead after a fantastic run by Raphael Guerreiro, who dribbled past two defenders and drew a third to leave Marco Reus free to fire home unmarked on 22 minutes.

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Reus, who has hit 13 league goals and created nine more, could have scored four times in the first-half alone - twice firing wide and also clipping the bar.

However, Frankfurt drew level nine minutes before the break when Luka Jovic, the league's top-scorer with 14 goals, finally beat Dortmund goalkeeper Roman Burki, moments after seeing an effort saved, when he poked home a cross.

Borussia Monchengladbach moved up to second after winning 2-0 at Schalke.

Christoph Kramer and Florian Neuhaus scored late goals after Schalke's Alexander Nubel had been sent off after 59 minutes.

At the other end of the table, Nuremberg climbed off the bottom with a 1-1 draw at home to Werder Bremen as Johannes Eggestein's second-half goal was cancelled out by a late equaliser from Nuremberg's Swedish striker Mikael Ishak.

Mid-table Hertha Berlin, who host Bayern in the German Cup's last 16 on Wednesday, crashed to a 1-0 home defeat at the Olympic Stadium as towering Dutch striker Wout Weghorst scored Wolfsburg's winner.

And Fortuna Duesseldorf earned a point at Hoffenheim as Rouwen Hennings late equaliser cancelled out Andrej Kramaric's first-half penalty.

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