Bundesliga 2024-25: Dortmund stages 2-1 comeback win over Leipzig to snap losing run

The victory lifted Dortmund to fifth on 16 points, four behind Leipzig and seven off leader Bayern Munich.

Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy (left) celebrates after scoring the winning goal against RB Leipzig at the Signal-Iduna Park in Dortmund on Saturday. | Photo Credit: AP

Injury-hit Borussia Dortmund came from a goal down to bag a 2-1 victory over second-placed RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga on Saturday, snapping its three-game losing run across all competitions.

Dortmund, missing nine players through injury, bounced back from its midweek German Cup defeat by VfL Wolfsburg ahead of next week’s Champions League game with Sturm Graz and stretched its perfect Bundesliga home record to five straight wins.

The victory, which lifted it to fifth on 16 points -- four behind Leipzig and seven off leader Bayern Munich -- was also a welcome respite for coach Nuri Sahin, whose team has yet to win an away game in the Bundesliga this season.

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Leipzig suffered its first league defeat of the campaign ahead of Tuesday’s trip Celtic in the Champions League.

It did take the lead with Benjamin Sesko drilling into the top of the net from a tight angle in the 27th minute after the host missed a string of chances, including several by Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.

But Dortmund, who also gave 18-year-old Assan Ouedraogo his Bundesliga debut, levelled three minutes later when Maximilian Beier pounced on a loose ball in the box to stab home.

The host’s comeback was complete in the 65th minute with Serhou Guirassy’s close-range header.