Bundesliga wrap: Mainz holds Bayern; Kruse bags four

RB Leipzig has a chance to close the Bundesliga gap to six points after Bayern Munich dropped points to Mainz on Saturday.

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Despite hosting the match, the Allianz Arena needed a pair of equalizers to gain a point.

Bayern Munich 2-2 Mainz

A huge boost for the visitors, who likely didn’t expect this relegation safety aid. Stoke City loanee Bojan Krkic scored early and Daniel Brosinski converted a penalty to give Mainz 1-0 and 2-1 leads, but Arjen Robben and Thiago Alcantara arranged a point for the Bavarians.

Ingolstadt 2-4 Werder Bremen

Max Kruse scored not one, not two, not three, but four goals as once relegation-threatened Werder surged up the table and into sixth place. The visitors trailed 2-1 with 10 minutes to play when Kruse scored in the 81st, 87th, and fourth minute of stoppage time.

Borussia Monchengladbach 2-3 Borussia Dortmund

BVB overcame throwing away an early lead and conceding an own goal to climb into third place on goals from Marco Reus, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and Raphael Guerreiro.

USMNT phenom Christian Pulisic went 90 minutes for BVB, won 10 duels and made more sprints (42) than anyone else in the match.

Koln 1-1 Hoffenheim

If you missed it Friday, this is how Kerem Demirbay nabbed the point which ensure Hoffenheim will make its first trip to European competition by virtue of a Top Six finish.

Hoffenheim, welcome to Europe!

Demirbay's late goal clinches a top 6 finish for Hoffenheim for the first time ever. https://t.co/lmiZKoM9kk

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) April 21, 2017

Elsewhere
Hertha Berlin 1-0 Wolfsburg – Ibisevic scores
Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 Augsburg – Two for El Tri’s Fabian
Hamburg 1-2 Darmstadt – Sulu, Platte with goals
Freiburg vs. Bayer Leverkusen – 9:30 a.m. ET Sunday
Schalke vs. RB Leipzig – 11:30 a.m. ET Sunday

Standings

 

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Home	Away	PTS
Bayern Munich	30	21	7	2	73	17	56	11-4-0	10-3-2	70
RB Leipzig	29	19	4	6	55	30	25	12-1-2	7-3-4	61
Borussia Dortmund	30	16	8	6	65	35	30	11-3-0	5-5-6	56
1899 Hoffenheim	30	14	13	3	57	32	25	10-5-0	4-8-3	55
Hertha BSC Berlin	30	14	4	12	38	35	3	12-1-2	2-3-10	46
Werder Bremen	30	12	6	12	50	51	-1	7-1-7	5-5-5	42
1. FC Köln	30	10	11	9	43	37	6	7-6-2	3-5-7	41
Eintracht Frankfurt	30	11	8	11	32	34	-2	7-6-2	4-2-9	41
SC Freiburg	29	12	5	12	36	51	-15	8-1-5	4-4-7	41
Mönchengladbach	30	11	6	13	39	44	-5	7-3-5	4-3-8	39
FC Schalke 04	29	10	7	12	38	34	4	8-3-4	2-4-8	37
Bayer Leverkusen	29	10	6	13	42	44	-2	5-5-5	5-1-8	36
FSV Mainz 05	30	9	6	15	39	49	-10	6-4-5	3-2-10	33
VfL Wolfsburg	30	9	6	15	30	43	-13	5-2-8	4-4-7	33
Hamburger SV	30	9	6	15	30	55	-25	7-3-5	2-3-10	33
FC Augsburg	30	8	8	14	29	49	-20	4-5-6	4-3-8	32
FC Ingolstadt 04	30	8	4	18	33	54	-21	4-3-8	4-1-10	28
Darmstadt	30	6	3	21	23	58	-35	5-3-7	1-0-14	21

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