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Kingsley Coman scored twice as Bayern Munich eased to a 3-0 win over Freiburg but it was Bayer Leverkusen which returned to the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday. Goals from Coman and Leroy Sané gave the 11-time defending champion its fifth win from seven league games and extended Freiburg’s miserable run in Munich. Bayer Leverkusen beat Cologne While Bayern …

Victor Boniface scored twice as Bayer Leverkusen kept up its strong start to the season with a 4-1 win over Hoffenheim to move level on points with Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga standings on Sunday. Nigeria striker Boniface has scored six goals in five Bundesliga games — and eight from seven in all competitions — since joining …

LEVERKUSEN, Germany — Victor Boniface scored twice as Bayer Leverkusen kept up its strong start to the season with a 4-1 win over Hoffenheim to move level on points with Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga standings on Sunday. Nigeria striker Boniface has scored six goals in five Bundesliga games — and eight from seven in all competitions …

Borussia Dortmund’s Mats Hummels scored twice, including an 87th minute goal, to guide last season’s Bundesliga runners-up to a nervous 4-2 win at Freiburg on Saturday. Dortmund, who takes on Paris St Germain in the Champions League group stage next week, took an 11th minute lead through the 34-year-old Hummels but instead of putting more pressure on the hosts it …

BERLIN — Amine Adli was twice booked for diving, twice excused, and Bayer Leverkusen scored twice from the resulting penalties to upset Bayern Munich 2-1. Today it was a lifesaver for the game.” Exequiel Palacios scored both penalties to end Bayern’s four-game winning run across all competitions and leave Dortmund one point clear with nine rounds remaining. “I’m very happy, …

FRANKFURT, Germany — Randal Kolo Muani scored twice as Eintracht Frankfurt came back from a goal down to beat local rival Darmstadt 4-2 and seal a place in the German Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday. Frankfurt took an early lead when Kolo Muani leaped to head in a cross and missed two clear-cut chances soon after but was stunned when Mathias …

VfL Wolfsburg crushed visitor Freiburg 6-0 with three goals in each half as the Bundesliga restarted on Saturday after a two-month World Cup and winter break. Jonas Wind struck twice following Patrick Wimmer’s second-minute opener, with Yannick Gerhardt adding another early in the second half to seal their fifth straight league victory. The win lifted it to sixth place on …

The thumping win over mid-table Wolfsburg leaves second-placed Dortmund six points behind Bayern, who are away to Arminia Bielefeld on Sunday. Erling Haaland netted twice to end his mini dry spell as Borussia Dortmund hammered Wolfsburg 6-1 on Saturday ahead of next weekend’s Bundesliga showdown against leaders Bayern Munich. “It was a good performance by him in a good team …

Bayern are away to Cologne on Saturday and Dortmund took the chance to make up ground in the table as the Bavarians remain on course for a tenth straight German league title. Erling Haaland netted twice Friday as second-placed Borussia Dortmund trimmed Bayern Munich’s lead at the top of the Bundesliga to three points with a 5-1 romp at home …

It means Dortmund are assured of second place with one game of the season remaining. Berlin: Erling Haaland scored twice as Borussia Dortmund sealed second place in the Bundesliga with a 2-0 win at third-place Leipzig on Saturday. Leipzig are one point ahead of Borussia Moenchengladbach, who took advantage of Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-0 loss at Hertha Berlin to move fourth …

Robert Lewandowski struck twice as champion Bayern Munich eased past Freiburg 3-1 on Saturday to secure a record 15th win in a row and the Pole became the first foreign player to score 33 goals in a Bundesliga season. The striker then nodded in on the rebound in the 24th minute after Freiburg keeper Alexander Schwolow had blocked a Leon …

Borussia Monchengladbach maintained their four-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday as Patrick Herrmann scored twice in an emphatic 3-1 home win over Werder Bremen. Berlin: Borussia Monchengladbach maintained their four-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday as Patrick Herrmann scored twice in an emphatic 3-1 home win over Werder Bremen. Gladbach finished with …

Bundesliga: Paco Alcacer scores twice in added time as Borussia Dortmund capitalise on Bayern draw to go top

Claudio Pizarro scored in the sixth minute of injury time to salvage a 1-1 draw for Werder Bremen at Hertha Berlin and become the oldest ever goal-scorer in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The goal denied Hertha sixth place and kept 10th-placed Bremen one point behind the home side. Danish forward Yussuf Poulsen scored twice to help Leipzig move one point …