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Timo Werner scored a hat-trick as rampant RB Leipzig reignited their Champions League push with a 5-0 rout of Mainz on Sunday.<\/p>\nTimo Werner scored a hat-trick as rampant RB Leipzig reignited their Champions League push with a 5-0 rout of Mainz on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The win was Leipzig\u2019s first in four Bundesliga outings and moved them back up to third place in the table.<\/p>\n
Mainz will be grateful the scoreline was not a repeat of their 8-0 defeat in the reverse fixture as Leipzig passed up several opportunities to score even more.<\/p>\n
Werner put Leipzig ahead in the 22nd minute, turning in Konrad Laimer\u2019s cross, before captain Yussuf Poulsen marked his 250th club appearance with the second goal.<\/p>\n
A swift counter-attack had Leipzig forwards queuing up to apply the finish in the 36th minute, with Marcel Sabitzer the man to do it as he found the top corner.<\/p>\n
And Werner added two more after the break, with the only surprise that there were not more, with Kevin Kampl seeing a goal ruled out for offside.<\/p>\n
Mainz remain three points clear of the relegation play-off place, that cushion coming courtesy of a remarkable Cologne fightback in a 2-2 draw with Fortuna Dusseldorf which prevented the visitors from cutting the gap to a single point.<\/p>\n
Dusseldorf looked to be cruising at 2-0 until Anthony Modeste struck in the 88th minute and Jhon Cordoba leveled in the first minute of stoppage time \u2013 Cologne\u2019s seventh goal in time added on this season.<\/p>\n
Kenan Karaman had put Dusseldorf ahead four minutes before the break with a shot that deflected off on-loan QPR defender Toni Leistner.<\/p>\n
There was a let-off for Dusseldorf just before the hour as Mark Uth struck a post twice and was then fouled as he tried for a second rebound, only to see the following penalty saved.<\/p>\n
And Dusseldorf took full advantage as Erik Thommy put away their second two minutes later, only to be pegged back at the end.<\/p>\n
The pressure continued to build on Schalke manager David Wagner as they suffered a 3-0 home defeat to Augsburg.<\/p>\n
Eduard Lowen opened the scoring in the sixth minute before Noah Sarenren Bazee doubled the lead with 14 minutes remaining and Sergio Cordova added a third in stoppage time.<\/p>\n
The result leaves Schalke without a win in nine as their drift away from the European battle continued.<\/p>\n