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With a Lucky Punch from Alexander Sörloth, RB Leipzig preserved its chances in the Bundesliga title race.

In the third minute of stoppage time, the striker saved the second in the table on Saturday after falling 2-0 down with a 3-2 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach.

This was the first time that coach Julian Nagelsmann's team won in the Bundesliga after a 2-0 draw.

Jonas Hofmann (6th) had Borussia in the lead with a penalty kick, before Marcus Thuram (19th) increased for the guests.

Christopher Nkunku (57th) scored the next goal, Yussuf Poulsen (66th) equalized for RB.

After RB's chase with five wins in a row, the gap to the German record champions FC Bayern is still two points.

For the last luckless Gladbacher, who have not been able to celebrate a victory for five competitive games, the game began to measure.

The defensive boss Dayot Upamecano, who had returned after knee problems, checked the Breel Embolo, which was almost on the baseline, in the direction of the gang - referee Manuel Gräfe pointed straight to the point.

RB goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi was in the right corner, but could not fend off Hofmann's weak ball.

"We were in constant stress," complained Gladbach's goalkeeper

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After conceding the earliest goal in the whole season, RB only knew the forward gear.

But Borussia goalkeeper Yann Sommer held on to the lead: First he parried Dani Olmo’s shot from a shot (8th), then Tyler Adams (13th).

"We were bad, deservedly lost because we were under constant stress," said Sommer.

The game shares were clearly distributed, Leipzig stormed, Gladbach defended vehemently, but had problems in the build-up game with the high RB pressing.

But coach Marco Rose's guest team, which had been moved to six positions, took a selfie with his ex-player Amadou Haidara before the game and greeted Nagelsmann with a warm hug, demonstrated a high level of efficiency.

They played the second attack cleverly.

First Valentino Lazaro made national player Marcel Halstenberg look bad.

Embolo headed his cross at the far corner towards the RB housing, the ball then spun off Thuram's shoulder into the goal to make it 2-0.

Marcel Sabitzer (33.) could have shortened before half-time, but his shot from 13 meters went far over the goal.

After four Bundesliga successes in a row, Nagelsmann's team appeared self-confident, but on the offensive, as is so often the case recently, the callousness and serenity of a striker was missing.

The nominal striker Poulsen took the balls from midfield and brought Christopher Nkunku and Olmo into play.

Until the change, nothing counted came out.

Nagelsmann reacted with the restart, bringing Alexander Sörloth as another striker for captain Marcel Sabitzer.

The Norwegian also made it 1: 2, the goal (51st) was not counted due to handball.

Six minutes later, the goal from Nkunku, who hammered in an input from Halstenberg from close range, counted.

RB continued to run without a break, suddenly Poulsen took heart and hit the lower left corner with his shot from 18 meters.

Substitute Emil Forsberg almost scored the lead in the 77th minute with his first touch of the ball, and Sommer was able to steer the ball against the post.

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