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Borussia Dortmund hit by Marco Reus injury setback against Paderborn

#INSERT type:image caption:Marco Reus was injured as Dortmund lost a two-goal lead to remain in trouble. END#

Marco Reus was taken off on a stretcher to compound Borussia Dortmund's troubles as they lost a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Paderborn.

Reus gave Dortmund a 2-0 lead in first-half stoppage time after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had opened the scoring, but an ankle problem saw him withdrawn just after Lukas Rupp had pulled one back for the hosts.

The Germany international's injury was the latest blow in a season that has so far failed to take off for Dortmund, and Mahir Saglik's late equaliser made things even more miserable for the 2011 and 2012 Bundesliga champions.

Dortmund are now two places above the drop zone, and could find themselves back in the bottom three if the remaining results do not go their way this weekend.

Things could not have been more different for reigning champions Bayern Munich, who immediately clicked back into gear after the international break and thrashed Hoffenheim 4-0 at the Allianz Arena.

Mario Gotze and Robert Lewandowski gave Pep Guardiola's side a 2-0 lead at the interval, with late goals from Arjen Robben and Sebastian Rode stretching the advantage. Hoffenheim's Adam Szalai was shown a late red card.

The win extends Bayern's lead at the top of the table to seven points over Wolfsburg and 10 over Borussia Monchengladbach after both slumped to defeats.

Dieter Hecking's Wolfsburg found themselves 3-0 down to Schalke after 25 minutes thanks to goals from Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (two) and Christian Fuchs.

Although they fought back in the second half, with both Ivica Olic and Nicklas Bendtner finding the net, it was not enough to stop them falling to a 3-2 defeat.

It was the other way around for Borussia Monchengladbach, who went in front thanks to Havard Nordtveit after five minutes but ended up losing 3-1 to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Marc Stendera, Alexander Meier and Takashi Inui turned the game on its head to earn Frankfurt three precious points.

Bayer Leverkusen leapfrogged Hannover to climb to fourth with a 3-1 win at the Niedersachsenstadion.

Stefan Kiessling ended his goal drought by scoring the opener before Son Heung-min doubled Leverkusen's lead.

Ceyhun Gulselam pulled a goal back for the Reds, but Karim Bellarabi ensured that Roger Schmidt's men claimed all three points and a confidence boost ahead of their Champions League clash with Monaco in midweek.

Stefan Bell salvaged a last-gasp point for Mainz to end Freiburg's recent revival with a 2-2 draw at the Coface Arena.

Mainz took the lead through Junior Diaz, but Jonathan Schmid and Admir Mehmedi turned the game in Freiburg's favour before Bell had the final say in the 88th minute.

Hertha Berlin moved above Borussia Dortmund and away from the bottom three of the Bundesliga thanks to a 2-1 win over Cologne at the Mungersdorferstadion.

Roy Beerens gave Jos Luhukay's visitors the lead in the first half, but Cologne scored a deserved equaliser through Anthony Ujah in the second half.

A deflected free-kick from Marcel Ndjeng late on then earned the Old Lady all three points, though, to take them away from immediate relegation danger.

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