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Beier Sends Dortmund Top as Leipzig Rout Elversberg
Beier’s late strike ended Dortmund’s slump and gave them a one-point edge over Bayern Munich at the top, officials said.
On Saturday, Maximilian Beier scored the winning goal as Borussia Dortmund defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 to move atop the Bundesliga table.
RB Leipzig simultaneously dominated promoted Elversberg 4-0 following a rampant second-half display, with Romulo Cardoso scoring two goals and Tidiam Gomis and Christoph Baumgartner also on target.
Werder Bremen climbed to sixth place with a 3-2 victory at Mainz, driven by two early penalties from Niclas Fuellkrug and a goal from Ludovit Reis despite Mainz's late comeback attempt.
Paderborn escaped the bottom three after Rayan Philippe scored a dramatic 1-0 home victory against Hamburg two minutes before the final whistle.
Dortmund now lead the table with a three-point advantage over second-placed Bayern Munich, who hold a game in hand and play on Sunday at Freiburg.
In the Bundesliga Dortmund won against Frankfurt with 1:0. The team of coach Niko Kovac thus pushed Bayern Munich from the top of the table. The goal for the BVB shot Maximilian Beier (80.).