Leipzig collapses again with Bayern out of sight

Berlin - Second-placed RB Leipzig crashed 3-0 at Werder Bremen on Saturday to suffer a shock second consecutive Bundesliga defeat which allows Bayern Munich the chance to extend its runaway lead.

Carlo Ancelotti's Bayern started the weekend 10 points clear in its seemingly unstoppable march to a fifth straight German league title, which will become 13 points if it wins at Borussia Monchengladbach on Sunday.

Having begun its first Bundesliga season with a record 13-match unbeaten run, Leipzig's title challenge has collapsed following four defeats in its last seven games, taking a meagre seven points.

After losing 1-0 at home to Wolfsburg last weekend, Leipzig folded again in Bremen as Werder's Austria international Zlatko Junuzovic scored one and made one.

The dead-ball expert crashed home a curling, thunderbolt goal from outside the area on 34 minutes, then provided the free-kick which saw relegation-threatened Bremen double its lead.

Junuzovic spotted Florian Grillitsch unmarked on the edge of the area and the attacking midfielder beat Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi on 59 minutes.

Leipzig's humiliation was complete as its defence capitulated when Bremen's Fin Bartels led a counterattack and Florian Kainz tapped home on 90 minutes.

All three Bremen goals were scored by Austrians - an extra-bitter pill for RB, who is sponsored by Austria's energy drinks giant Red Bull.

Leipzig is now just three points ahead of third-placed Borussia Dortmund after Dortmund's lacklustre 1-0 home win over Ingolstadt on Friday.