Leipzig wins; Freiburg, Leverkusen drop factors in Bundesliga

Leipzig overcame a bunch of coronavirus infections to beat 10-man Mainz 4-1, whereas Freiburg and Bayer Leverkusen dropped factors after main within the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Patrik Schick’s seventeenth objective of the season wasn’t sufficient for Leverkusen, which was lucky to emerge with a 2-2 draw in opposition to Union Berlin because the customer twice hit the publish late on.
Freiburg, which spent the league’s winter break in third place, drew in opposition to relegation-threatened Arminia Bielefeld 2-2 regardless of scoring first via Janik Haberer and Jeong Woo-yeong.

American ahead Ricardo Pepi made his debut as a second-half substitute in a 3-1 defeat at Hoffenheim.

🎥 @RBLeipzig_EN began off 2022 with a bang, placing FOUR previous 1. FSV Mainz 05 💥 pic.twitter.com/nsps6jlBQK
— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) January 8, 2022
Also, Stuttgart drew at last-placed Greuther Fürth 0-0.
Borussia Dortmund hoped to chop Bayern Munich’s result in six factors with a win at Eintracht Frankfurt within the late recreation.
In Leverkusen, Schick rewarded the house group’s early dominance in opposition to Union with the opener within the thirty ninth, slotting the ball in from a slim angle after Andreas Luthe saved Moussa Diaby’s preliminary effort. It was Schick’s ninth in Leverkusen’s final 5 Bundesliga video games.

𝗙𝗧: 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗸𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝟮-𝟮 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻#B04FCU | #fcunion | 2-2 pic.twitter.com/vszVQzamoO
— 1. FC Union Berlin (@fcunion_en) January 8, 2022
However, the guests equalized from their interval of stress earlier than the break. Lukáš Hrádecký pulled off two effective saves in fast succession to disclaim Christoph Trimmel, then Kevin Behrens, however was powerless to cease Grischa Prömel scoring on the third try.
Union coach Urs Fischer made two adjustments on the break. Prömel scored once more within the forty ninth, and Luthe thrice denied Leverkusen a response.

Union’s Max Kruse struck the highest nook of the publish within the 78th, then Jonathan Tah lastly equalized within the 84th with a header to Karim Bellarabi’s cross.
Union got here nearer to a late winner, with Andreas Voglsammer hitting the publish, then lacking one other likelihood in damage time, earlier than Bastian Oczipka struck the publish once more.
Bayern resumed the league with a 2-1 loss at residence to Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday.