Surprise challengers Hannover 96 scored twice in six minutes to beat hosts Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 on Sunday and climb to second place in the Bundesliga after 18 games.
The visitors, usually involved in the relegation battle, silenced the home crowd after 15 minutes when Mohammed Abdellaoue beat two defenders and threaded the ball past goalkeeper Oka Nikolov.
The 36-year-old Nikolov denied Emanuel Pogadetz from close range, palming his header over the bar, but was helpless when Christian Schulz headed in the ensuing corner.
Ivorian striker Didie Ya Konan notched his 10th goal of the campaign a minute from time to complete Hannover’s fifth away win this season.
“We are working well together,” Hannover coach Mirko Slomka told reporters.
“At the moment, everything is working out well,” he said.
Kaiserslautern, playing with 10 men for 50 minutes after Srdjan Lakic was sent off, battled back from a goal down to draw 1-1 with Cologne and move up to 10th spot in the Bundeliga table.
Lukas Podolski put the visitors ahead on the half-hour mark and the Germany international twice came close to scoring the winner in the dying minutes.
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