Ansgar Knauff on Friday scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time to snatch a point for out-of-sorts Eintracht Frankfurt in a 3-3 draw at Werder Bremen.
Third-place finishers last season, Frankfurt have won just one of their past nine matches in all competitions and sit seventh, five points outside potential UEFA Champions League qualification.
With less than a quarter-of-an-hour to play, Frankfurt led 2-1, but goals from Jens Stage and Jovan Milosevic in a three-minute spell turned the match on its head.
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However, Knauff’s late strike snatched a share of the spoils for Frankfurt.
The visitors took an early lead when Arnaud Kalimuendo side-footed a looping chip over Bremen goalkeeper Mio Backhaus after just 52 seconds.
The hosts upped the ante in search of an equalizer, breaking through just before the half-hour mark when Yukinari Sugawara dissected the Frankfurt defense with a superb pass to Justin Njinmah, who guided the ball into the bottom left corner.
Frankfurt restored their advantage against the run of play early in the second-half when Nnamdi Collins scored. The hosts rallied and looked on track for victory until Knauff’s late heroics.
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