96 fall short at Borussia-Park

As stated in the match preview, Borussia Mönchengladbach has been one of the tougher clubs in the Bundesliga since the start of the start of the Rückrunde and the proved it today as the avenged their early 5-1 loss to 96 by winning today 3-2 in front of their vocal supporters in Borussia-Park. Following the opening week victory Rückrunde against Schalke, Dieter Hecking's side have stumbled in the last three matches and are only three points above the drop zone.

Looking to end their problems playing away from home Jiří Štajner and Mikael Forssell both threatened early but after those efforts Gladbach slowed the pace of the match down without every threatening. However in a series of defending breakdowns, Gladbach took the lead with with Alexander Baumjohann und Marko Marin scoring with nine and two minutes remaining. Frustrating to say the least because while 96 had taken most of the initiative and looked to be on the verge of scoring, Gladbach took a commanding two goal lead into the break.

At the restart Jan Schlaudraff came in for Hanno Balitsch and 96 slowly worked themselves back into the match. Sergio Pinto brought one back striking from twenty metres after linking up with Arnold Bruggink. 96 continued to pressure with Jan Schlaudraff in the centre of things and finally Christian Schulz found the equalizer with thirteen minutes remaining of a corner. Fighting back from the two goal arrears, the home stands sang out and if on cue, the great veteran Oliver Neuville stepped up to centre stage to sink 96 with seven minutes remaining as he sent in a close range rebound.