Hence, Hertha Berlin left it late and shocked the hosts with the equalizer as Dan-Axel Zagadou felled Davie Selke inside the box, allowing Kalou to convert the awarded foul play penalty from the spot in the dying seconds of the game.

With the result, Dortmund stay atop the standings whereas Hertha Berlin climb from the 6th to the 5th place.

Defending champions Bayern Munich moved into the second place, only two points adrift of the "BVB", after beating Mainz 2-1 on the road.

Bayern staged a slow start and needed some time to gain a foothold into the encounter.

It took the visitors 30 minutes to open the scoring but the video referee disallowed Thiago's opener due to a foul play by Robert Lewandowski inside the box.

Nico Kovac's men remained unimpressed and marked the opener nine minutes later when Joshua Kimmich's cross into the box found Leon Goretzka, who hammered home with a volley at the near post.

After the half time Mainz caught the visitors flatfooted as Jean-Paul Boetius tapped home Daniel Brosinski's delivery into the box to restore parity in the 48th minute.

Bayern regrouped and secured the lead at the hour mark when Thiago Alcantara poked home Lewandoski's square pass to make it 2-1 on the scoreboards.

Javi Martinez had almost his name on the scoreboards as well but the defender rattled only the left post with his long-range effort in the closing period.

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