Toni Kroos scored twice as Bayer Leverkusen came back from a 2-1 deficit to beat Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Kroos opened the scoring in the 18th minute before Roel Brouwers equalised and Dante made it 2-1 to the visitors after 54 minutes.
Eren Derdiyko equalised in the 60th minute and Kroos finished off the comeback with the winner nine minutes later.
Leverkusen remained the only undefeated team in the Bundesliga but captured just their second victory in the last five games.
Gladbach remained on 21 points after suffering just their second loss in the last eight games.
Sami Hyypia twice had chances in the first 15 minutes but sent a volley and a header over the crossbar.
The Finland international helped set up Leverkusen's opening goal in the 18th minute.
A corner went to Hyypia, who passed out to an open Kroos and he blasted in a low shot to the lower left corner from 18 yards.
Gladbach nearly equalised in the 36th minute but Leverkusen goalkeeper Rene Adler made a great save to corner of Raul Bobadilla's shot from 16 yards.
The visitors, however, levelled after the resulting corner in the 37th minute. Adler stopped Rob Friend's header only for the ball to land at the feet of Brouwers, who pounced on the loose ball from three yards out.
Brouwers' colleague in the Gladbach backline Dante gave the visitors the lead 2-1 in the 54th minute, chesting down a corner and then poking home from eight yards.
Leverkusen equalised at the hour mark as Arturo Vidal fended off Michael Bradley and passed over to Derdiyok, who blasted home from six yards.
And the hosts grabbed the lead 3-2 nine minutes later. Stefan Kiessling found Kroos waiting at the edge of the area to blast home his second goal of the contest.
Adler was forced to save a strong chance by Bobadilla with 13 minutes left.
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