Leipzig (Germany) (AFP)

Leipzig defeated Bremen 3-0 on Saturday and provisionally took over the Bundesliga with a two-point lead over Munich, who will not be allowed to make mistakes on Sunday (3:30 p.m.) in the field of poorly ranked Cologne.

Dortmund, brilliant winner of Frankfurt 4-0 Friday evening in advanced match of this 22nd day, occupies the third place with 42 points, three lengths from Leipzig.

Four days before his trip to Tottenham in the Champions League, the RB has offered a home health walk against relegation Bremen.

After the opening of the score by international Lucas Klostermann (18th), the Czech center-forward Patrick Schick doubled the bet by taking a clean shot from the corner (39th).

On the return from the locker room, the French hope Nordine Mukiele (46th) gave the final blow: launched deep on a counter, he left his defender on the spot and concluded magnificently with a recovery without control against the goalkeeper (46th) .

At 3-0, the "Red Bulls" eased off and managed their advance quietly.

In other matches, Leverkusen climbed for a few hours in the top-4, qualifying for the Champions League, by coming to beat the Union 3-2 in Berlin, after a match of a high intensity, where everything was played in the last minutes.

The two teams were tied since the 22nd minute (a goal by young talent Kai Havertz for Leverkusen had responded to an achievement by Christian Gentner) when Moussa Diaby, the little 20-year-old French pearl from Paris SG, who set fire to Bundesliga defenses since winning their starting spot in November hit in the 83rd minute (2-1).

But the Union, carried by its fabulous public from the small stadium of the Alte Försterei ("The Old Forest House") equalized four minutes later by Marius Bülter. Before Karim Bellarabi gave Leverkusen the victory in extra time (3-2, 90 + 4).

Leverkusen (40 pts) can, however, fall back to 5th place as of this Saturday evening, if Mönchengladbach (39 pts) wins on the field of the 16th and potential barrage specialist Düsseldorf (6.30pm). The club of Marcus Thuram and Alassane Pléa provisionally points to six units from Leipzig, but will remain in the event of a victory more than ever in the race for first places, with one less game against Cologne to be replayed on March 11.

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