Gladbach’s quick treble condemns Bayern to first league loss

Moenchengladbach’s Oscar Wendt, left, scores the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Bayern Munich in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015.

Last season, Moenchengladbach won one and drew one with Bayern, and was the only team not to concede a goal against the Bundesliga champions.

Bayern Munich suffered their second Bundesliga defeat of the season, as they went down 3-1 to Borussia Monchengladbach.

“If you want to play well against Bayern you have to play with conviction and we did that”, said Schubert, who deployed an unusual system with three central defenders to contain Bayern’s game through the middle. Even three or four years ago, clubs would often face Bayern and give every last bit of effort they could muster to make a contest of it. And up until that time, they could actually take a point or more if they played at their very best. “We ran straight into counter-attacks and that is the reason we lost today”.

Manchester City’s hopes of topping a Champions League group for the first time hinge on Tuesday’s visit of a resurgent Borussia Monchengladbach side hoping to snatch third in Group D and a place in the Europa League.

Bayern pulled a goal back nine minutes from time when Ribery marked his 300th game in the famous red shirt by scoring off the bench to celebrate his first appearance in 269 days following a persistent ankle injury. Stindl volleyed home on 66 minutes to double the lead, with Johnson racing to clear beat the visiting goalkeeper five minutes later.

“We are a little more aggressive, we attack a little more and do not only wait to see what the opponent is doing”, Raffael said.

Ten-man Bayer Leverkusen warmed-up for their home clash with Champions League holders Barcelona on Wednesday by losing 2-1 at Hertha Berlin in the capital as Javier Hernandez netted what proved to be a consolation goal.

“It can happen that you concede a goal but after the first goal we completely lost our discipline”.

Elite-level finishing ability has finally been added to Aubameyang’s physical combination of acceleration, speed and dribbling ability, and as a result the 26-year-old has become one of the most electrifying footballers in the world.

The hosts have lost just once in 14 games since Andre Schubert succeeded Lucien Favre in late September, rising to third in the table in the process.

Hertha scored their second through U.S. worldwide John Anthony Brooks and the win left them fourth as Leverkusen drop to eighth.

Raul Bobadilla scored Augsburg’s victor with a free kick in the 64th, shortly after Cologne forward Anthony Modeste had a penalty saved by Marwin Hitz.