Leaders Bayern break Gladbach jinx, Leipzig go second

Bayern Munich broke their Borussia Moenchengladbach jinx on Saturday night as Arturo Vidal and Douglas Costa netted in a 2-0 home win to put the champions two points clear.
First-half goals by Bayern’s Chile and Brazil internationals gave Carlo Ancelotti’s Munich a first win over Gladbach in five German league matches after Borussia claimed home and away league victories in 2015.
After back-to-back draws in the league the win caps a good week for Bayern, who enjoyed a 4-1 romp against PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League on Wednesday. “The first half was perhaps our best of the whole season,” said Ancelotti. “The second wasn’t quite so good and I told the players to be careful at the break as the energy wasn’t 100% after the PSV game. They learnt the lesson from last weekend’s draw with Frankfurt.”
Ancelotti rested Germany forward Thomas Mueller from the starting line-up, but after Robert Lewandowski hit the post early on, Bayern went ahead after 16 minutes when Chile’s Vidal headed home Rafinha’s cross.
Winger Costa’s 31st-minute shot doubled the lead at Munich’s Allianz Arena, while Gladbach’s best chance came when winger Andre Hahn hit the post on 71 minutes.
Yesterday, Guinea international Naby Keita scored twice as Bundesliga newcomers RB Leipzig defeated Werder Bremen 3-1 to climb up to second place. Keita capped off a superb solo run to put Leipzig in front just before half-time, and the midfielder struck again on 74 minutes when he powered home a cross from former Bremen striker Davie Selke. Serge Gnabry gave the visitors hope as he cut the deficit in half almost immediately, but Germany Under-21 international Selke, who left Werder for Leipzig in July 2015, sealed the win deep into stoppage time.
Ralph Hasenhuettl’s Leipzig extended their unbeaten start to their maiden campaign in the German top flight as they pulled to within two points of leaders Munich. Werder, who lost their first four matches this term, remained 14th in the table after seeing a three-game unbeaten run snapped.
Schalke were hosting Mainz in late game last night. Hoffenheim, like Bayern and Leipzig, also remain undefeated following an impressive 3-0 victory away to Bayer Leverkusen.
In other matches on Saturday, Hertha Berlin went third with a 2-1 home win over Cologne, who lost their unbeaten record.
Borussia Dortmund are three Bundesliga games without a win, although they fought back from two goals down to draw 3-3 at Ingolstadt and sit sixth. Dortmund were 2-0 down as Israel international Almog Cohen and Paraguay’s Dario Lezcano netted for Ingolstadt. Cohen wriggled free of his marker from a free-kick before Lezcano looped his header into the top corner.
Borussia hit back when Mario Goetze set up Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to head home his seventh goal in his seven league games on 59 minutes, only for Lezcano to net Ingolstadt’s third less than 60 seconds later to make it 3-1.
Dortmund dominated the final quarter as Adrian Ramos pulled a goal back on 69 minutes and Christian Pulisic scored the crucial equaliser in stoppage time. The draw saw Ingolstadt climb off the bottom above Hamburg, who lost 3-0 to Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday.
Bayer Leverkusen slumped to a 3-0 defeat at home to Hoffenheim after playing virtually the entire match with 10 men. Kevin Volland earned the fastest red card of the season with just six minutes gone for bringing down Kerem Demirbay, who was through on goal.
Demirbay, Sandro Wagner and Swiss midfielder Steven Zuber netted the visitors’ goals. Bayer coach Roger Schmidt was sent to the stands in the wake of the second goal and faces a lengthy ban for his second dismissal this year.
Ten-man Wolfsburg dropped to 15th after their 3-1 defeat at Darmstadt left them seven games without a win. Frenchman Valerien Ismael was appointed Wolfsburg’s new head coach on Monday after Dieter Hecking was sacked. Freiburg were 2-1 winners at home to Augsburg as they claimed a fourth victory in as many matches in front of their own fans.

Results
RB Leipzig 3 (Keita 42, 74, Selke 90+5) Werder Bremen 1 (Gnabry 76)
Played Saturday
Bayer Leverkusen 0 Hoffenheim 3 (Demirbay 15, Wagner 49, Zuber 60)
Hertha Berlin 2 (Ibisevic 13, Stark 74) Cologne 1 (Modeste 65)
Ingolstadt 3 (Cohen 6, Lezcano 24, 60) Borussia Dortmund 3 (Aubameyang 59, Ramos 69, Pulisic 90+1)
Darmstadt 3 (Ben-Hatira 25, Kleinheisler 68, Sirigu 76) VfL Wolfsburg 1 (Gomez 60)
Freiburg 2 (Philipp 66, Petersen 78) Augsburg 1 (Altintop 84)
Bayern Munich 2 (Vidal 16, Costa 31) Borussia Moenchengladbach 0