Borussia nabs 3-1 win over Werder Bremen

Second-placed Borussia Dortmund cut the gap behind German league leaders Bayern Munich to five points on Saturday as Marco Reus netted twice in their 3-1 win at Werder Bremen.

Reus fired in the opening and third goals, but Borussia should have won by more as Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang squandered three clear chances.

"As the second-placed team, you always look at what the top side is doing, but Bayern are still a long way ahead and we're just worrying about ourselves," said Reus.

After Bayern were held to a goalless draw at Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday, Dortmund took the chance to trim the Bavarian giants' lead.

They have now scored 18 goals in their last four games and a staggering 64 in 20 games this season under new coach Thomas Tuchel.

Wolfsburg climbed to third with a 2-1 win at home to fellow Champions League side Bayer Leverkusen with goals by Nikolas Bendtner and Julian Draxler.

Ex-Manchester United striker Javi Hernandez equalised for Leverkusen, but the game was marred by two poor refereeing decisions from Manuel Grafe.

The FIFA-listed ref missed a clear offside for Bendtner's goal, then failed to award a penalty when Wolfsburg's Daniel Caligiuri was clearly fouled by Leverkusen goalkeeper Bernd Leno in the second half.

Borussia Moenchengladbach earned their sixth straight victory to go fifth with a 4-1 win at Hertha Berlin having been bottom in September with five defeats.

Gladbach blitzed Hertha with two goals in as many first-half minutes at Berlin's Olympic Stadium from left-back Oscar Wendt, plus a solo effort from Brazil striker Raffael.

Gladbach grabbed a third when Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka drilled home a penalty on 55 minutes after Ivory Coast winger Ibrahima Traore was fouled in the area.

The result boosts Gladbach ahead of Tuesday's Champions League match at home to 2015 finalists Juventus while Hertha drop to sixth.

Gladbach are now just two points behind Schalke, who needed a late Leroy Sane equaliser in their 1-1 draw at home to Ingolstadt after the Bavarian visitors took a shock first-half lead.

Bochum-born Cameroon internationals Joel and Marvin Matip faced each other for the first time with Joel at centre-back for Schalke while Marvin captained Ingolstadt.

Huub Stevens picked up a point in his first game as coach of Hoffenheim in their goalless draw at Cologne.

Caretaker coach Stevens has been tasked with keeping second-from-bottom Hoffenheim in order for 28-year-old Julian Nagelsmann to make history next season as the Bundesliga's youngest head coach.

Japan striker Yoshinori Muto claimed a hat-trick to rescue a dramatic point for mid-table Mainz in their 3-3 draw at bottom side Augsburg.

Having given Mainz a 2-0 lead before Augsburg roared back with three unanswered goals, Muto saved his best for last with a 93rd-minute strike.