- Jonas Hofmann (4')
- Ramy Bensebaini (26')
- Marcus Thuram (30')
- Kouadio Kone (46')
- Julian Brandt (19')
- Nico Schlotterbeck (40')
Gladbach crush Dortmund 4-2 for second straight defeat
Gladbach retakes the lead through Bensebaini's bullet header
Ramy Bensebaini thunders home a header to put Gladbach back in front.
Borussia Monchengladbach fired four goals past hapless Borussia Dortmund for a 4-2 victory on Friday to leave their opponents in sixth place following their second straight league loss.
With the Bundesliga going into a prolonged winter break after this weekend for the World Cup in Qatar, Champions League club Dortmund end their year on a low, six points off leaders Bayern Munich, in action at Schalke 044 on Saturday.
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Gladbach, who have now won six of their eight home games so far, are in seventh place on 22 points, three behind Dortmund.
In a sumptuous five-goal first half, the hosts went into the break with a 3-2 lead.
Jonas Hofmann, fresh from his Germany World Cup squad inclusion, slotted in for the lead after four minutes before Julian Brandt, another World Cup-bound Germany international, drew the visitors level.
He picked up the ball with his back to the goal, turned quickly and volleyed in a superb equaliser.
Gladbach, however, scored twice more in a four-minute span through Ramy Bensebaini and Marcus Thuram to go 3-1 up. Dortmund pulled a goal back with Nico Schlotterbeck's volley on the rebound but the Ruhr valley club were badly leaking at the back.
Only a minute after the restart, Kouadio Kone was given too much time at the edge of the box and he threaded a low shot past goalkeeper Gregor Kobel.
Thuram should have added at least one more goal but he missed a string of golden chances as Dortmund faltered.
Game Information
- Referees:
- Sven Jablonski
German Bundesliga Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bayer Leverkusen | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | +55 | 80 |
Bayern Munich | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | +50 | 66 |
VfB Stuttgart | 30 | 20 | 3 | 7 | +32 | 63 |
RB Leipzig | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | +35 | 59 |
Borussia Dortmund | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | +23 | 57 |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | +6 | 45 |
SC Freiburg | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | -11 | 40 |
FC Augsburg | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | -1 | 39 |
TSG Hoffenheim | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 39 |
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | -9 | 34 |
Werder Bremen | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 34 |
Borussia Monchengladbach | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | -7 | 31 |
VfL Wolfsburg | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | -15 | 31 |
1. FC Union Berlin | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | -24 | 29 |
Mainz | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -17 | 27 |
VfL Bochum | 30 | 5 | 12 | 13 | -26 | 27 |
FC Cologne | 30 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -30 | 22 |
SV Darmstadt 98 | 30 | 3 | 8 | 19 | -42 | 17 |