Leipzig close on Bayern with 2-1 win at Gladbach

ByReuters

Updated 19/02/2017 at 19:42 GMT

RB Leipzig scored once in each half to beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-1 on Sunday and bounce back from two straight league losses as they cut Bayern Munich's lead at the top of the Bundesliga to five points.

Leipzig´s striker Timo Werner celebrates scoring the 0-2 goal with his teammates during the German first division Bundesliga football match Borussia Moenchengladbach v RB Leipzig in Moenchengladbach, western Germany, on February 19, 2017.

Image credit: AFP

Emil Forsberg and Timo Werner combined well with each other to score once each and snap Gladbach's three-game winning run.

The win lifted the promoted club to 45 points in second place, with Bayern, who drew 1-1 at Hertha Berlin on Saturday, on 50.

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Leipzig prized open the Gladbach defence following a long passing move, Werner eventually feeding Forsberg and the Swede scoring with a clever low shot.

Forsberg returned the favour in the 55th to set up Werner after Gladbach's Thorgan Hazard had a penalty saved by Peter Gulacsi on the stroke of halftime.

Jannik Westergaard set up a nervous finale with a powerful header as Gladbach pulled a goal back but they could not avoid the first defeat for coach Dieter Hecking since he took over in December.

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