M’gladbach storm back to top spot
BERLIN: Borussia Moenchengladbach regained their Bundesliga lead on Sunday with a 4-2 win over Eintracht Frankfurt as the five-time German champions bounced back from last week’s defeat at Borussia Dortmund.
Marcus Thuram scored in the 28th minute, capitalising on an urgent counter attack which has become typical of his side under the leadership of Marco Rose.
Oscar Wendt added a second in first half injury time, pouncing on a poor defensive error from Frankfurt’s Martin Hinteregger.
Danny Da Costa’s 59th-minute goal brought Frankfurt back into the match, with the visitors dominant until Nico Elvedi silenced the away fans with a superb headed goal against the run of play.
Hinteregger and Denis Zakaria added one goal a piece for each team in the dying stages, with the home side holding on to a comfortable twogoal advantage.
The win lifts them onto 19 points, one ahead of Bayern Munich, while Frankfurt are back in ninth.
Gladbach coach Rose said that his side’s lofty standing was no fluke.
“We deserved to win. We consistently tried to build pressure and be brave in pushing for more goals,” he said.
SPANISH FAIRYTALE
Granada moved top of La Liga on Sunday with a 1-0 victory over Real Betis that continues a magical start to the season.
Alvaro Vadillo’s smart finish in the 61st minute was enough to give Granada a sixth win of the season and take advantage of Barcelona not playing this week to take first place in the league table.