Cameroon striker Mohamadou Idrissou was both goal-scorer and provider for Borussia Moenchengladbach as they upset Bayer Leverkusen 6-3 on Sunday in a nine-goal thriller on a weekend of shock results in the Bundesliga.
Leverkusen’s Germany goalkeeper Rene Adler had a day to forget as his defense capitulated, leaving coach Jupp Heynckes furious.
“’Gladbach played very well,” Heynckes said. “We made a mess of our defensive organization. We invited them to the party and they punished us.”
After Bayern Munich were beaten at Kaiserslautern on Friday, VfL Wolfsburg allowed a 3-0 lead to slip to a 4-3 defeat by FSV Mainz 05 on Saturday as Schalke 04 went down at home to Hannover 96 on a bad weekend for the Bundesliga’s top teams.
Leverkusen fielded Germany star midfielder Michael Ballack — who was booed off when he was replaced in the second-half — as well as Adler and striker Stefan Kiessling, but they were out-played by ’Gladbach as midfielder Patrick Herrmann netted twice for the guests, both of which were set up by Idrissou, who scored himself in the second half.
“This is an extraordinary day for us,” coach Michael Frontzeck said. “We took everything possible from this game and everything worked out for us, but our objective will not change, we want to build on last season.”
On Sunday evening, VfB Stuttgart’s poor start continued as they were well beaten 3-1 at home by Borussia Dortmund.
The visitors raced into a 3-0 lead after just 37 minutes as Christian Gross-coached Stuttgart suffered their second consecutive defeat.
“We played an outstanding first half,” Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp said.
It started when defender Marcel Schmelzer fired in a cross which deflected off Dutch defender Khalid Boulahrouz and into the net after five minutes.
Striker Lucas Barrios and midfielder Mario Goetze then both netted, before Germany striker Cacau pulled a consolation goal back on 69 minutes for Stuttgart.
“The way we played in the first half, we had no spark at all,” Cacau said. “The goal and our fighting spirit came too late.”
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