praising their sides for improved efforts over the past few weeks

FRANKFURT, Germany -- In one of the most startling developments in European football this season, newcomer RB Leipzig stormed to the top of the German Bundesliga on Friday by coming from behind twice to earn a 3-2 win at Bayer Leverkusen.In the process, Leipzig also set a Bundesliga record by staying undefeated in its first 11 matches after promotion. The team has won six straight games.Leipzig opened a three-point lead and will remain ahead at least until Saturday, when Bayern Munich has a tough match at Borussia Dortmund. Bayern needs to win to stay even on points with Leipzig.Leader, leader, shouted a group of Leipzig supporters after the final whistle.Leipzig fell behind a minute into the match but replied quickly and Willi Orban got the winner in the 81st minute.The teams got a great mentality, Leipzig coach Ralph Hasenhuettl said. We had a lot of confidence. Our win is not undeserved. It was simply great.Leipzig has taken 14 of its 27 points away from home and has the best record on the road.Before the match, about eight masked people stopped the bus carrying the Leipzig team to the stadium by falling to the ground and then throwing paint at the windshield. The assailants then fled, according to Leverkusen media director Meinolf Sprink.The Leipzig team has been the target of hostile actions by opposing fans, who object to the teams commercial links to Red Bull, an Austrian maker of energy drinks.Leipzig is a project created by Red Bull and its billionaire founder Dietrich Mateschitz, who bought and rebranded a local fifth-tier club in 2009. The booming former East German city had a stadium rebuilt for the World Cup in 2006 but had no team in the major leagues.Leipzigs links to Red Bull have led rival fans to consider it a test-tube team. The team bus has been stoned and Leipzig players are routinely the subject of derogatory chants. Earlier this month, a severed bulls head was thrown near the pitch during a match.But Leipzig has also won respect -- Bayern players and officials have said that they consider it a serious rival for the title.Ralf Rangnick, Leipzigs current sports director and coach until this season, has responded by saying, it is allowed to dream.The match got off to a fast start, with Leverkusen scoring one minute in. Julian Brandt broke through on the left flank unchallenged and sent a low cross to the far post, where Kevin Kampl tapped it in.It didnt take Leipzig long to recover and its pressure produced a corner. Emil Forsberg took it and Julian Baumgartlinger, under pressure from Marcel Sabitzer, saw the ball late as it hit him in the hip and bounced into the net for an own goal three minutes later.But the pace slowed down noticeably after the bright start and there were few chances on either side until Brandt scored deep into stoppage time. Hakan Calhanoglu sent a long ball to the edge of the area, Brandt controlled it well and fired into the roof of the net.Calhanoglu wasted a penalty in the 54th, after Stefan Ilsanker had upended Brandt. Calhanoglu took the spot shot but Peter Gulacsi dived to his left to parry.Forsberg equalized in the 67th, after a solo run down the middle, before firing from about 20 meters. Leverkusen goalkeeper Bernd Leno got his hand on the ball but could not keep it out.The winner came after Kampl could not control a ball in his half. Forsberg swung a cross to the far post, where Orban rose to head in the winner. Robert Parish Jersey . Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game. The match started slowly for Ivanovic, who surrendered her first two serves as Hantuchova took a 5-3 lead. Boston Celtics Jerseys . 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Bad blood threatens to boilover when the Sydney Roosters reprise their NRL rivalry with St George Illawarra on Sunday at Allianz Stadium.While both sides are out of the running for the finals and have little to play for, the clash wont be short of feeling after their last encounter had ended in a public slanging match between coaches Trent Robinson and Paul McGregor.After the Dragons 20-18 Anzac Day win - a game best remembered for Robinsons post-match blow-up at referee Ben Cummins - the Roosters mentor took aim at Dragons players including hooker Mitch Rein for allegedly staying down in an attempt to milk penalties.It came after Robinson unloaded on centre Euan Aitken for allegedly diving in the corresponding game in 2015.It prompted McGregor to defend his players and fire back, accusing Robinson of venting his frustrations at his sides lacklustre start to the season.Theres been good history since Anzac Day and then the 2010 grand final, Robinson said on Saturday.That counts but it doesnt matter who we play this weekend.McGregor also this week said his players remembered their last encounter and that it had sparked a rivalry between the two sides.The saga gives added spice to the encounter with both coaches praising their sides for improved efforts over the past few weeks.ddddddddddddThe Roosters had their best win of the year against premiers North Queensland last week, and have come out on top in two of their past three, while the Dragons likewise punched through for a pressure-relieving win over Cronulla.In the Dragons only change, Leeson Ah Mau returns for injured back-rower Tariq Sims, who was a standout in last weeks victory over the Sharks.In the last three weeks, we played three teams in the top six and last week was a good win, McGregor said.On the back of improving the prior two weeks against two quality sides in Canterbury and Brisbane, for a (total losing margin) of seven points, the players have shown how hard theyve worked.STATS THAT MATTER:* Since 2011, the Roosters have won seven from 11 against the Dragons, but have lost twice in the past three meetings* The Roosters eight losses by four points or less is the equal-second most in premiership history. Only the 2007 Cronulla side (nine) had more* The Roosters have the worst completion rate in the competition (72.3 per cent) and have managed above 80 per cent just three times this seasonSource: Fox Sports Stats ' ' '