Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Borussia Dortmund v RB Leipzig - Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany - November 2, 2024 Borussia Dortmund's Emre Can and Nico Schlotterbeck celebrate after the match REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) - 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 their three-game losing run across all competitions.
Dortmund, missing nine players through injury, bounced back from their midweek German Cup defeat by VfL Wolfsburg ahead of next week's Champions League game with Sturm Graz and stretched their perfect Bundesliga home record to five straight wins.
The victory, which lifted them to fifth on 16 points -- four behind Leipzig and seven off leaders Bayern Munich -- was also a welcome respite for coach Nuri Sahin, whose team have yet to win an away game in the Bundesliga this season.
Leipzig suffered their first league defeat of the campaign ahead of Tuesday's trip Celtic in the Champions League.
They did take the lead with Benjamin Sesko drilling into the top of the net from a tight angle in the 27th minute after the hosts 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 hosts' comeback was complete in the 65th minute with Serhou Guirassy's close-range header.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Ken Ferris)
