US EditionLeverkusen Beat Leipzig to Move Third in Bundesliga
Leverkusen scored three goals including a late winner to end Leipzig’s six-game home winning streak and move into third place, Bundesliga standings showed.
- On Dec 20 Bayer Leverkusen staged a two-goal comeback in four minutes to beat RB Leipzig 3-1, snapping their hosts' unbeaten run at home this season and climbing into third.
- After Schlager's 35th-minute goal, Martin Terrier equalised with a looping header in the 40th minute, and Patrik Schick scored just before halftime, wrong-footing Kosta Nedeljkovic.
- On the stroke of halftime, Nathan Tella had a chance stopped by keeper Peter Gulacsi, and teenage winger Montrell Culbreath scored deep into stoppage time on his top-flight debut to secure the win.
- RB Leipzig fall back to fourth on goal difference after their second-straight defeat, leaving them three points behind second-placed Borussia Dortmund.
- With the Bundesliga resuming on January 9, Leverkusen sit on 29 points, while Bayern Munich, on 38, need a win at Heidenheim on Sunday to restore a nine-point lead.
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Bayer Leverkusen has won the top match of the Bundesliga at RB Leipzig. Due to the 3-1 the former champion improved to third place before the short winter break behind FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, Leipzig is fourth.
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Bundesliga 2025-26: Leverkusen earns 3-1 comeback win at Leipzig to take over third spot
Bayer Leverkusen staged a two-goal comeback in four minutes to earn a 3-1 victory at RB Leipzig on Saturday, snapping its host’s unbeaten run at home this season and climbing into third place at the start of the winter break.
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