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Berlin, Feb 28 (AFP): Second-placed Borussia Dortmund conceded a late equaliser as they were held 1-1 at Augsburg on Sunday to leave Bayern Munich eight points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n
Bayern are steaming towards a 10th straight league title after Noah Sarenren Bazee netted for Augsburg in the 78th minute.<\/p>\n
Thorgan Hazard’s first-half goal gave Dortmund the lead in Bavaria, until Augsburg’s pressure paid off and substitute Bazee headed in off the crossbar.<\/p>\n
“We tried a lot of things and had a lot of control, but we didn’t do everything right,” said Dortmund coach Marco Rose, who admitted his team were “losing strength” when Augsburg equalised.<\/p>\n
Bayern earned a 1-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday after Germany winger Leroy Sane came on to score the late winner.<\/p>\n
Earlier, RB Leipzig earned a third straight away win in a week as Christopher Nkunku’s late goal sealed a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Bochum to keep his club fourth in the table.<\/p>\n
Nkunku, who also scored twice against Bochum in Leipzig’s home win last October, broke the deadlock eight minutes from time with his 14th Bundesliga goal this season.<\/p>\n
“Bochum was a tough opponent. Many teams have not won here. It was a close game, but we showed our quality,” said Leipzig forward Yussuf Poulsen.<\/p>\n
Bochum suffered their first defeat in five games, a run which included a shock 4-2 win over Bayern a fortnight ago in their previous home match.<\/p>\n
Leipzig have now lost just two of their 13 games since Domenico Tedesco replaced Jesse Marsch as coach in December.<\/p>\n
They backed up last Sunday’s 6-1 romp at Hertha Berlin and a midweek victory at Real Sociedad which put them into the last 16 of the Europa League.<\/p>\n
The hosts had two great late chances when Bochum captain Anthony Losilla clipped the woodwork, then a header by Christopher Antwi-Adjei rebounded off the post.<\/p>\n
The winner came shortly after Tedesco beefed up his midfield by swapping playmaker Emil Forsberg for Konrad Laimer.<\/p>\n
The switch paid off almost immediately as Leipzig attacked from their own box.<\/p>\n
The ball was worked to Nkunku, who swept his shot into the bottom corner to delight the travelling fans.<\/p>\n
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