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Bundesliga round-up: Hoffenheim suffer first defeat of season

Leipzig's players celebrate after the German first division Bundesliga football match between RB Leipzig and Schalke 04 in Leipzig, eastern Germany on Dece
Image: Hoffenheim suffered their first Bundesliga defeat of the season as they went down 2-1 at RB Leipzig

Hoffenheim suffered their first Bundesliga defeat of the season as they went down 2-1 at RB Leipzig.

Julian Nagelsmann's side went into the game as the only unbeaten team in Europe's big five divisions but their 10 men were beaten by second-placed Leipzig to end their streak at 17 games.

Nadiem Amiri had given Hoffenheim an 18th-minute lead after Andrej Kramaric unselfishly squared to his team-mate to tap in, but the hosts were level seven minutes before the break when Timo Werner poked home.

Hoffenheim's hopes took a blow when Sandro Wagner was shown a straight red card on the hour mark for a challenge on Stefan Ilsanker and Leipzig took full advantage when Marcel Sabitzer's deflected effort found the net with 13 minutes left.

Leipzig remain three points behind leaders Bayern Munich, who battled to a 2-1 win at Werder Bremen.

Bayern set a Bundesliga record with their 13th successive victory against one opponent thanks to first-half goals from Arjen Robben and David Alaba. Max Kruse scored Bremen's goal.

Ingolstadt are out of the bottom two after a 3-1 win against Hamburg saw them leapfrog their opponents.

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Goals from Pascal Gross and Markus Suttner in the opening 22 minutes were followed by Almog Cohen's penalty early in the second half. Gotoku Sakai pulled one back for the visitors.

Bayern Munich players celebrate after Arjen Robben's opening goal against Frankfurt
Image: Arjen Robben (R) scored during Bayern's win

Darmstadt remain firmly rooted to the bottom of the table after being thrashed 6-1 at home by Cologne.

Yuya Osako scored twice for Cologne, who earned a first win since November, while Aytac Sulu scored an own goal and Anthony Modeste, Milos Jojic and Artjoms Rudnevs also found the target.

In the final afternoon game, Mario Gomez's early goal was unable to prevent Wolfsburg losing 2-1 at home to Augsburg.

Halil Altintop's equaliser was added to by substitute Dominik Kohr's clincher as Wolfsburg's three-match winning run came to an end.

Lars Stindl scored a second-half double as Borussia Monchengladbach came from two goals down to beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-2.

Javier Hernandez and Jonathan Tah had put the hosts ahead and seemingly in control of the match at half-time, but two goals in seven minutes turned the game.

Stindl hit his seventh and eighth goals of the season before Raffael buried the winner with 20 minutes to go, and the visitors held out for a first win in four.

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