BERLIN: Marco Richter scored twice as hosts Hertha Berlin earned a shock 3-2 win over second-placed Borussia Dortmund Saturday to go away Bayern Munich 9 factors clear on the prime of the Bundesliga.
Julian Brandt gave Dortmund a first-half lead, however Hertha roared again with three unanswered targets at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium as Ishak Belfodil equalised earlier than Richter scored twice.

Dortmund substitute striker Steffen Tigges pulled one again shortly after changing Brandt, however the guests head into the winter break having received simply as soon as of their final 4 league video games.
“We gave the sport away,” admitted Dortmund goalkeeper Marwin Hitz.
“We did nothing within the 20 minutes after half-time and solely after had been we again in it.”
Bayern thrashed Wolfsburg 4-0 on Friday and can begin the brand new yr as overwhelming favourites for a tenth straight Bundesliga title.

Simply 4 days after shedding 4-0 at mid-table Mainz, Hertha bossed Dortmund and crucially saved Erling Haaland quiet after the Norwegian had scored 4 targets in a 5-2 romp in the identical fixture final season.
Haaland barely had one shot on purpose and confirmed his frustration at Dortmund’s poor show as Hertha fought laborious from the primary whistle.
Ahead Myziane Maolida tapped an early shot previous Hitz, however the purpose was disallowed with Belfodil marginally offside.
Dortmund took the lead when Haaland noticed a run by Brandt, who chipped in with half an hour gone.
It stayed 1-0 on the break, however Hertha stamped their authority with two targets inside six minutes.
Belfodil beat Axel Witsel and tucked his shot below Hitz to say his first Bundesliga purpose for 3 years.
Moments later Brandt misplaced possession and Maolida laid it off to his proper for Richter to hammer in.
He then grabbed his second after getting in behind the defence following Brandt’s free go earlier than Tigges gave Dortmund late hope.
Earlier, Eintracht Frankfurt continued their stand up the desk with a sixth win in seven video games as Danish ahead Jesper Lindstrom scored for the third match in succession to seal a 1-0 victory over Mainz.
Frankfurt broke into the highest 5, having began final weekend twelfth, as Lindstrom added to targets he scored in wins in opposition to Moenchengladbach and Leverkusen over the previous week.
When Rafael Borre snuck in behind the defence, the Colombia striker chipped the on-rushing goalkeeper straight into the trail of Lindstrom who tapped within the winner on 35 minutes.
The golf equipment handed one another within the desk as Mainz dropped to eighth.
Union Berlin went sixth – stage with Frankfurt on 27 factors – due to former Germany striker Max Kruse, who scored the one purpose in a 1-0 win at Bochum two days after getting married.
Fourth-placed Hoffenheim snatched a 1-1 draw at house to Borussia Moenchengladbach after defender Kevin Akpoguma tapped in a last-gasp equaliser.
Gladbach, who had misplaced their 4 earlier league video games, took a first-half lead when Swiss striker Breel Embolo scored from shut vary.
Domenico Tedesco suffered his first loss in three video games as coach of RB Leipzig, who misplaced 2-0 at house to 10-man Arminia Bielefeld.
After ahead Janni Serra put the guests 1-0 up, Bielefeld substitute Fabian Klos was proven a pink card for fouling Leipzig defender Willi Orban quickly after approaching.
Regardless of being a person down, Bielefeld clinched the win when Japan midfielder Masaya Okugawa hit the underside nook with quarter-hour left.
Greuther Fuerth are actually 11 factors adrift on the foot of the desk after their goalless draw at house to Augsburg.