Borussia Dortmund missed a chance to move into fourth place in the German Bundesliga by giving up a second-half lead and losing 3-2 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Dortmund shipped their first goal at home in six games when Benjamin Kohler headed the opener in the eighth minute, but Mats Hummels equalized from close range nine minutes later and Lucas Barriors gave Juergen Klopp’s side the lead in the 57th minute with a first-time finish from a cross by Mohamed Zidan.
Sebastian Jung then leveled for Frankfurt in the 65th minute with a long-range shot and Alexander Meier gave the visitors the win with a curling shot in the 74th minute.
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Dortmund, who suffered their second straight loss after a six-game winning streak, remained on 36 points in fifth place behind Hamburg SV. Frankfurt, meanwhile, have lost just once in their last seven matches and jumped three places to seventh.
Promoted side FSV Mainz 05 earlier on Sunday remained one of only three unbeaten teams at home in the Bundesliga with a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Bo Svensson scored the only goal of the game in the 42nd minute as Mainz leapfrogged two teams to move into eighth place in the table.
The victory was much needed for Thomas Tuchel’s team, who had won just once in the previous eight games. Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich are the only other two teams without a loss at home this season.
“I don’t care if some think it was lucky today. We are happy to remain unbeaten at home. We are on a good path,” Tuchel said.
Gladbach missed a chance to move clear of the relegation zone, dropping two spots to 13th place, eight points above the drop zone.
The visitors had a strong first half, with Raul Bobadilla failing to convert three chances, twice being denied by Mainz keeper Heinz Mueller.
The promoted club grabbed the lead three minutes from the break when Gladbach keeper Logan Bailly parried Malik Fathi’s header, Marco Reus failed to clear the ball off the line and Svensson took full advantage to score the winner.
German Bundesliga
Team | P | GD | PTS | |
1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 21 | 29 | 45 |
2 | Bayern Munich | 21 | 27 | 45 |
3 | Schalke 04 | 21 | 16 | 42 |
4 | Hamburg SV | 21 | 16 | 36 |
5 | Borussia Dortmund | 21 | 4 | 36 |
6 | Werder Bremen | 21 | 14 | 31 |
7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 21 | -1 | 31 |
8 | FSV Mainz 05 | 21 | -4 | 30 |
9 | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 21 | 4 | 28 |
10 | VfB Stuttgart | 21 | 0 | 28 |
11 | Cologne | 21 | -4 | 25 |
12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 21 | -5 | 25 |
13 | Borussia M’gladbach | 21 | -6 | 25 |
14 | VfL Bochum | 21 | -14 | 22 |
15 | SC Freiburg | 21 | -19 | 19 |
16 | Hannover 96 | 21 | -13 | 17 |
17 | Nuremberg | 21 | -20 | 16 |
18 | Hertha Berlin | 21 | -24 | 11 |
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