Bundesliga hits
No winner in the top game: Gladbach defies BVB point
Updated on December 7, 2024 – 8:31 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
Again no win for BVB. A thrilling Bundesliga game against Gladbach ended in a draw.
Jamie Gittens put Dortmund in the lead (64′), Kevin Stöger equalized with a penalty (after a foul by Pascal Groß on Tim Kleindienst) (71′). Gladbach’s Tomas Cvancara was sent off within a minute of stoppage time with a yellow-red card (90+5).
At the beginning, BVB seemed willing to improve their disastrous away record and took control early on. The Gladbachers, on the other hand, seemed strangely inhibited in their build-up to the game, played without any overview and also lacked passes or runs deep.
Things got tricky for Dortmund after 15 minutes with Guirassy’s handball, but video referee Tobias Reichel also didn’t classify this as worthy of a penalty. Shortly before, the Gladbachers had been denied a penalty when their former professional Ramy Bensebaini got on the foot of Franck Honorat.
Otherwise, Borussia from the Lower Rhine stood out mainly due to their technical deficiencies and poor passing game, which the Westphalian Borussia were unable to take advantage of. Marcel Sabitzer missed the best chance after just over five minutes with a shot past the goal.
After the excitement surrounding Guirassy’s handball, the duel became increasingly flat. Dortmund was also extremely clumsy in its offensive efforts and did not play as if the goal was to qualify for the Champions League again.
After the break, Gladbach Borussia became bolder and took more and more control of the game. But BVB took the lead through Gittens, who scored in the third game in a row and smashed the ball unstoppably under the crossbar.
A little later, referee Stieler was once again the focus when he rightly did not punish an alleged handball by Bensebaini in the penalty area. Immediately afterwards, the video referee had to point out a clear foul by Pascal Groß on his national team colleague Tim Kleindienst. This time the penalty whistle was delayed.
Summer signing Stöger, who was given preference over Robin Hack in the starting line-up this time, didn’t miss this chance and scored the deserved equalizer