Dortmund suffer shock loss to Bochum despite Haaland hat-trick - Reuters

• Dortmund fail to seal second place
• Dortmund's Haaland scores hat-trick
• Freiburg on course for Champions League

DORTMUND, Germany, April 30 (Reuters) - VfL Bochum scored twice in the final nine minutes, including an 85th-minute penalty through Milos Pantovic, to snatch a 4-3 victory at Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Saturday and make sure they stay up.

The result kept Dortmund a point short of securing second spot with two games remaining, with the Ruhr valley club in second place on 63, eight ahead of third-placed Bayer Leverkusen, who host Eintracht Frankfurt on Monday.

Sensational Freiburg are also on 55 after climbing to fourth following their thrilling 4-3 win at Hoffenheim. RB Leipzig, who are fifth on 54, travel to Borussia Moenchengladbach on Monday.

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The top four teams qualify for next season's Champions League group stage. Bayern Munich, who secured their 10th straight league title last week, are on 75 following their 3-1 loss to Mainz 05.

In a seven-goal, drama-filled encounter Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick to carry Dortmund from 2-0 down to lead 3-2.

Visitors Bochum got off to a dream start in their local derby and were 2-0 up by the eighth minute thanks to goals from Sebastian Polter and Gerrit Holtmann.

The hosts quickly recovered and pulled a goal back with Haaland's 16th-minute penalty.

The Norwegian was far from done and he bagged his second with another spot kick on the half-hour mark.

The 21-year-old thought he had completed their comeback with a tap-in and a lucky bounce in the 62nd but Bochum came back once more, levelling though Juergen Locadia in the 81st and Pantovic's penalty for their first win at Dortmund since 1998.

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Reporting by Karolos Grohmann Editing by Christian Radnedge

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