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Fortuna's hat-trick hero Lukebakio bags last gasp Bayern draw

Published November 24,2018
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Dodi Lukebakio left struggling Bayern Munich shellshocked on Saturday after scoring a hat-trick to lead lowly Fortuna Duesseldorf to a sensational comeback from two goals down and snatch a dramatic 3-3 draw in the third minute of added time.

Troubled Bayern slip to nine points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund, who secured a 2-1 win over Mainz thanks to a late Lukasz Piszczek winner, after Belgian striker Lukebakio completed his hat-trick with two goals in the final 13 minutes to rob Bayern of what had seemed to be a routine three points.

Niklas Suele opened the scoring for Bayern on 17 minutes, and Thomas Mueller doubled the lead with a typical poacher's finish a few minutes later, bringing down a long ball in the box and bundling it past goalkeeper Michael Rensing.

Duesseldorf snatched a surprise goal just before half-time as Lukebakio popped up in the box to fire the ball in from close range.

Mueller appeared to have crushed the resistance in the second half, when he swept in Bayern's third from the edge of the box after a clever back-heeled assist from Robert Lewandowski. Yet Lukebakio twice beat the offside trap to score two late goals and leave Bayern stunned.