Frankfurt survive Gladbach in 10-goal thriller; Dortmund, Leipzig win

Eintracht Frankfurt flirted with catastrophe after a six-goal lead in a wild 6-4 Bundesliga win in opposition to Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday, whereas Borussia Dortmund and Leipzig every posted a fourth straight victory.

Robin Koch within the eleventh and Ansgar Knauff within the fifteenth set Frankfurt on track earlier than Jonathan Burkardt, Fares Chaibi and teen Can Uzun made it 5-0 on the half.

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Koch accomplished a brace for 6-0 two minutes after the restart however Frankfurt then began to change off, and Gladbach hit again from Jens Castrop, Haris Tabakovic, Yannik Engelhardt and Grant-Leon Ranos from the 72nd minute onwards.

“We have been very robust up entrance and had many possibilities and targets. What occurred within the final half hour should not occur. We should be taught from that,” Knauff informed Sky TV.

Gladbach sporting director Roland Virkus spoke of a “desolate” exhibiting as they slipped to final, and his participant Rocco Reitz admitted it was “nothing in each side” for the primary hour.

Dortmund received 2-0 at 10-man Mainz from Daniel Svensson and Karim Adeyemi to stay inside placing distance of leaders Bayern Munich.

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Leipzig prevailed 1-0 in Wolfsburg from Johan Bakayoko’s early purpose and Christoph Baumgartner missed a late Leipzig penalty.

Unbeaten Dortmund are two factors behind champions Bayern, who trounced Werder Bremen 4-0 on Friday for a most haul of 15 factors.

“We need to keep up there so long as doable,” Dortmund defender Nico Schlotterbeck mentioned.

Leipzig are one other level again, and Frankfurt rose to fourth, six factors off the tempo, forward of their date with Bayern subsequent week, which comes after a mid-week Champions League journey to Atletico Madrid.

“We play soccer for weeks like this,” Knauff mentioned.

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Frankfurt hit six earlier than meltdown

Frankfurt have been on fireplace at Gladbach in a bid to bounce again from final weekend’s shock 4-3 residence defeat in opposition to Union Berlin.

They have been all around the hapless hosts within the first half, with Uzun’s purpose in stoppage time the decide of the bunch when {the teenager} fired into the far left prime nook on the stroke of half-time.

Koch’s second for 6-0 added harm to insult for the hosts however Frankfurt then began to take issues somewhat too simple.

Gladbach, who had scored solely as soon as within the earlier 4 video games, began to avoid wasting face, and will have even had a sniff at an unbelievable full comeback if the fourth from Ranos’ had come somewhat sooner than the ninth minute of stoppage time.

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“We may be happy with many elements of the match however not with the top,” Knauff mentioned, with Uzun naming the closing levels “careless.”

Dortmund win after scares

Dortmund suffered a pre-match setback when Serhou Guirassy injured his thigh muscle within the warm-up, with Julian Brandt taking his place.

Mainz hit the publish from Paul Nebel within the twenty sixth however Dortmund have been forward on the following assault when Svensson transformed a low cross from Brandt on the far left publish.

Adeyemi then received the ball deep in Dortmund’s half and ran all the best way to the Mainz penalty space, performed a one-two with Brandt and slotted into the underside left nook.

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Mainz’ destiny was sealed when Adeyemi took up a protracted kick-off from Gregor Kobel and was tripped by the onrushing goalkeeper Robin Zentner for which the Mainz keeper noticed crimson.

“It was a bit stunning (to play). We wished to win the sport. We have been very environment friendly and scored twice on the counter. However we must always have scored a 3rd,” Brandt mentioned. “It’s a good signal that now we have had a very good begin. We’ve got had poor begins prior to now.”

Elsewhere

Final yr’s champions Bayer Leverkusen prevailed 2-1 at St Pauli, with substitute Ernest Poku getting the winner after St Pauli’s Hauke Wahl had cancelled out Edmond Papsoba’s opener.

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Elsewhere, Heidenheim claimed their first factors of the season, 2-1 over fellow strugglers Augsburg from Mikkel Kaufmann and Sirlord Conteh in a match overshadowed by a medical emergency involving a fan.

The Sunday Fixtures Freifurg in Hoffenheim, Cologne in VFB Stuttgart and Union Berlin in SV Hamburg.