Football: M'gladbach beat Bayern 2-1, top Bundesliga

Left back Bensebaini man of match for leaders Gladbach, beating B.Munich 2-1 after falling down 0-1 in second half

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA (AA) - Borussia Monchengladbach defeated Bayern Munich 2-1 on Saturday to continue leading Germany's top football league Bundesliga.

The goals of the match all came in the second half. Despite falling down 1-0 in the 49th minute by a goal from Bayern Munich's Croatian winger Ivan Perisic, leaders Monchengladbach managed to turn the match around.

Perisic controlled the ball inside the penalty box and shot the ball to the top left, beating Gladbach keeper Yann Sommer.

Gladbach found the equalizer in the 60th minute after a corner kick, when left back Ramy Bensebaini's header beat Manuel Neuer.

The leaders' winning goal came in the last minute, when Bayern's defensive midfielder brought down Gladbach player inside the penalty box, causing a penalty kick and was sent off after a second yellow card.

Bensebaini converted the penalty kick, scored his second goal of the match and gave Gladbach the win. They now have 31 points after 14 matches.

Here are game week 14 results in Bundesliga:

Friday:

Eintracht Frankfurt - Hertha Berlin: 2-2

Saturday:

Borussia Dortmund - Fortuna Düsseldorf: 5-0

RB Leipzig - Hoffenheim: 3-1

Monchengladbach - Bayern Münih: 2-1

Freiburg - Wolfsburg: 1-0

Augsburg - Mainz 05: 2-1

Bayer Leverkusen - Schalke 04: 2-1

Sunday: