European football: Leverkusen leapfrog Leipzig with comeback victory
Leverkusen score two in four minutes of 3-1 win to go third
Pejcinovic hits hat-trick in 4-3 Freiburg win at Wolfsburg
Bayer Leverkusen scored twice in four minutes to earn a 3-1 comeback victory at RB Leipzig, snapping their hosts’ unbeaten run at home this season and climbing into third going into the Bundesliga’s winter break.
Leverkusen are on 29 points, three behind second-placed Borussia Dortmund, 2-0 winners against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday. Bayern Munich, leading on 38, are at Heidenheim on Sunday. Leipzig dropped to fourth on goal difference.
