Harry Kane to the rescue again.
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The England forward scored twice for Bayern Munich to beat Leipzig 2-1 in the Bundesliga and snap their three-game losing streak across all competitions on Saturday.
Kane secured three points for the Bavarian powerhouse by scoring in the first minute of stoppage time on Saturday (Sunday AEDT), taking his tally to 27 goals in 23 Bundesliga appearances for Bayern.
Victory in Bayern's 1000th home match in the Bundesliga kept the champions eight points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen with 11 rounds remaining.
Bayern had previously lost 3-0 at Leverkusen, then 1-0 at Lazio in the Champions League, before Bochum came from behind to win 3-2 in the Bundesliga last weekend.
It prompted the club to announce on Wednesday that coach Thomas Tuchel would leave at the end of the season.
Tuchel found a metal box to sit on during the first half, and the Bayern coach went looking for it after the break so he could sit on it in the second half, too.
Amadou Haidara forced a save from Bayern's Manuel Neuer before Mohamed Simakan went close for Leipzig as the visitors displayed more ambition in the second half.
But then Kane struck after a good run from Jamal Musiala on a counterattack in the 56th.
Neuer stopped Benjamin Sesko in a one-on-one in the 61st, but couldn't stop the Slovenian scoring in the 70th when he was deceived by Leon Goretzka's deflection, before Kane had the final say.
Last-place Darmstadt had two late goals ruled out by VAR and conceded an own-goal as they were held 1-1 at Werder Bremen.
Tim Skarke thought he'd won the game in the seventh minute of injury time for Darmstadt, but the goal was ruled out as the ball had hit his arm from Bremen goalkeeper Michael Zetterer's attempted clearance.
Third-place Stuttgart were held 1-1 by visiting Cologne, as Union Berlin and promoted Heidenheim also drew, 2-2, earning a point each in their fight against relegation.
Nikola Dovedan fired Heidenheim ahead with a cool finish in the third minute, but Union struck back with two quickfire goals before the break.
Robin Gosens equalised in the 44th, three minutes before Andras Schafer's shot took a decisive deflection off Brenden Aaronson's back to go inside the right post.
Jan-Niklas Beste finished off a counter-attack with a lob over Union goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow to equalise in the 71st, but the Heidenheim forward had to immediately go off with what looked like a hamstring injury.
In the day's other match, Borussia Monchengladbach defeated Bochum 5-2.
Australian Associated Press
