Leverkusen score two in four minutes of 3-1 win to go third
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Bayer Leverkusen scored twice in four minutes to earn a 3-1 comeback victory at RB Leipzig, snapping their hosts’ unbeaten run at home this season and climbing into third going into the Bundesliga’s winter break.
Leverkusen are on 29 points, three behind second-placed Borussia Dortmund, 2-0 winners against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday. Bayern Munich, leading on 38, are at Heidenheim on Sunday. Leipzig dropped to fourth on goal difference.
The hosts took the lead when Xaver Schlager threaded his shot past two defenders after a fine solo effort for a 35th-minute goal. Leverkusen, however, needed just four minutes to turn the game on its head. Martin Terrier was on target with a looping header to equalise in the 40th minute and they completed their comeback in the 44th with Patrik Schick wrongfooting Kosta Nedeljkovic and then curling his shot past Peter Gulacsi.
