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02/15 13:22 CST Leipzig's Champions League hopes hit by 2-2 draw with lowly
Wolfsburg in Bundesliga
Leipzig's Champions League hopes hit by 2-2 draw with lowly Wolfsburg in
Bundesliga
By CIARAN FAHEY
AP Sports Writer
BERLIN (AP) --- Leipzig's Champions League hopes took a blow in a 2-2 draw with
lowly Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
It could have been worse for the Red Bull-backed club with Brajan Gruda
salvaging the draw in the 89th minute and Leipzig goalkeeper Maarten
Vandevoordt saving Christian Eriksen's effort from the last kick of the game.
"It's a bitter result for us. We wanted three points," Gruda said.
Leipzig dropped to fifth, two points behind Stuttgart and just a point above
Bayer Leverkusen with 12 rounds remaining. Only the top four qualify for
Europe's premier club competition.
Wolfsburg moved a point above the relegation zone.
Mohamed Amoura broke the deadlock for Wolfsburg early in the second half after
Adam Daghim surged past Max Finkgrfe and Nicolas Seiwald before laying the
ball back. Amoura fired inside the far post.
The otherwise excellent Wolfsburg goalkeeper Kamil Grabara gifted Leipzig a way
back with a kickout that went straight to Gruda, who laid it off for Yan
Diomande to equalize in the 70th.
Wolfsburg substitute Mattias Svanberg restored his team's lead eight minutes
later, but Gruda replied in the 89th to salvage a point for Leipzig after its
German Cup exit to Bayern Munich.
Leipzig hosts second-place Borussia Dortmund next weekend, when Stuttgart plays
bottom side Heidenheim and Leverkusen visits Union Berlin.
A late penalty from Alexis Claude-Maurice was enough for Augsburg to beat
Heidenheim 1-0 in Sunday's early kickoff.
Bayern leads by six points after 22 rounds, but will have to play the next
games without injured captain Manuel Neuer, who picked up a calf injury in
Saturday's win over Werder Bremen.
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