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There were some poor results for big names in Europe. Bayern Munich’s uncharacteristic run of form continued as they were thumped 3-0 at home by Borussia Mönchengladbach while Real Madrid lost 1-0 at Alavés.

At Bayern’s Allianz Arena Niko Kovac’s side fell two goals behind in the first 16 minutes as they slumped to their fourth match without a win in all competitions – a crisis by their exacting standards.

Alassane Pléa fired home from the edge of the penalty area following a quick exchange of passes in the 10th minute. Lars Stindl doubled Gladbach’s lead soon afterwards when Jonas Hofmann dispossessed Thiago Alcântara as he tried to play the ball out of defence.

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Bayern dominated possession in the second half but could not find a way back into the match and they were caught out again on the break as Patrick Herrmann fired in the third with two minutes left, the goal being confirmed by a VAR review.

The defeat leaves Bayern fifth in the table and follows disappointing home draws with Augsburg, and Ajax in the Champions League in midweek, either side of a 2-0 away defeat to Hertha Berlin. Gladbach climbed to second with their impressive win.

Borussia Dortmund are three points clear after an extraordinary match saw four goals in the last 10 minutes. The hosts hit back from 2-1 down to lead 3-2, defiant Augsburg equalised and the striker Paco Alcácer grabbed the winner to complete a half-hour hat-trick. Alcácer, on loan from Barcelona, has now scored a remarkable six goals in three league appearances, all of them as a substitute.

Alfred Finnbogason gave Augsburg a half-time lead before Alcácer scored with his first touch in the 62nd minute, three minutes after coming on, as he turned in a pass from Jadon Sancho, who was called up to the England squad for the first time this week.

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Paco Alcacer, second from right, celebrates his late winner for Dortmund. Photograph: Friedemann Vogel/EPA

Philipp Max volleyed Augsburg back in front before Alcácer levelled again in the 80th minute, getting away from his marker to latch on to a free-kick and score with a shot on the turn. His fellow substitute Mario Götze put Dortmund ahead for the first time four minutes later.

Michael Gregoritsch headed Augsburg level from a corner in the 87th minute but the Augsburg substitute Sergio Córdova clumsily gave away a late free-kick and Alcácer curled his shot round the wall in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

There was a shock in Spain with Real Madrid losing 1-0 at Alavés after a late García Sánchez goal. The result draws Alavés level on points with Real and Barcelona, who visit Valencia on Sunday.

Despite recalling the captain Sergio Ramos, Luka Modric, the goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and fit-again Gareth Bale, Real again lacked a cutting edge in the final third.

Though Alavés conceded large spells of possession, they stuck in with their illustrious visitors and were rewarded when the substitute García headed in from close range during the fifth minute of added time.

As the half-hour mark approached, Bale, who had missed the midweek trip to Moscow with a minor groin problem, crashed a 25-yard free-kick straight into the wall.

Julen Lopetegui sent on Mariano to freshen up the attack in place of Karim Benzema for the second half.

With 20 minutes left Bale sent an angled shot over the far corner of the goal and later he again tested the Alavés keeper with a free-kick from distance, which Fernando Pacheco gathered at the second attempt.

As the clock ticked down, García bravely nodded in from close range after Rubén Sobrino’s effort had been saved by Courtois.