Jadon Sancho and Erling Braut Haaland on target to spare Borussia Dortmund's blushes - in pictures

Norwegian Haaland scores late equaliser against Hoffenheim as Dortmund avoid fourth defeat in five games

Dortmund's English midfielder Jadon Sancho celebrates after scoring against Hoffenheim. AFP

Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund is challenged by Stefan Posch and Sebastian Rudy of Hoffenheim. EPA

Dortmund's Jadon Sancho scores against Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann. AFP

Hoffenheim's Stefan Posch, right, controls the ball. AFP

Stefan Posch of Hoffenheim clashes with Erling Haaland, Marco Reus and Jadon Sancho of Borussia Dortmund. EPA

Dortmund's Erling Haaland, right, jumps for a header with Hoffenheim's Diadie Samassekou. EPA

Erling Haaland of Borussia Dortmund scores his team's second goal. EPA

Erling Braut Haaland celebrates scoring Dortmund's equaliser against Hoffenheim. AFP

Borussia Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland scores their second goal. Reuters

Hoffenheim's Stefan Posch clashes with Borussia Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland. Reuters

A late equaliser from Erling Braut Haaland rescued a point for Borussia Dortmund against Hoffenheim to avert a fourth defeat in five Bundesliga games.

Haaland's 81st minute strike salvaged a 2-2 draw that leaves Dortmund three points adrift of the Champions League places in sixth, and heaps more pressure on interim coach Edin Terzic.

Dortmund have won just four of 10 league games since Terzic took the reins from Lucien Favre in December, prompting growing speculation over his future.

Yet veteran defender Mats Hummels defended his coach on Saturday and backed Dortmund to revive their season.

"It's never the case that things are exactly how you want them a few weeks after a new coach takes over. That wasn't the case years ago under Jurgen Klopp, and it isn't the case now under Edin," Hummels told Sky.

"We're working hard, and success will come," he added.

England international Jadon Sancho gave Dortmund a perfect start, racing up the left-wing to score his fourth league goal this season on 24 minutes.

The lead didn't last long, as Munas Dabbur scuffed a shot past Marwin Hitz to level just seven minutes later.

Ihlas Bebou bundled in Hoffenheim's second just after half time, the ball bouncing off the Togolese and into the goal as Hitz tried to beat away a dangerous cross from the left wing.

Haaland had a goal ruled out for offside in the second half before pouncing on a misplaced pass to snatch a crucial late equaliser.

Fellow Champions League hopefuls Bayer Leverkusen also dropped points after they conceded two late goals to draw 2-2 with strugglers Mainz.

Elsewhere, Sami Khedira helped rescue a 1-1 draw for Hertha Berlin against boyhood club Stuttgart.

"It was the first time I'd ever played against Stuttgart so it was strange, but it was nice to come back," Khedira, who joined Hertha from Juventus in January after a decade abroad, told Sky.

Austrian striker Sasa Kalajdzic headed in his ninth goal of the season to give Stuttgart the lead at the end of a scrappy first half.

Veteran midfielder Khedira came off the bench in the second-half and set up a late equaliser for 17-year-old Luca Netz to save the capital club from a fifth straight defeat.

Werder Bremen were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Freiburg while the late game between Union Berlin and Schalke also ended goalless.