Without Haaland, 10-man Dortmund slump to 1-0 loss at glad Bach
Hosts Bo Russia Monchengladbach stunned 10-man Bo Russia Dortmund 1-0 with a goal from Denis Zakaria on Saturday to snap their opponents’ three-game winning run in the Bundesliga.
Dortmund played without injured captain Marco Reus and top striker Erling Haaland suffered their second loss of the season.
Dropping to fourth place on 12 points, four off leaders Bayern Munich as glad bach has shown up their second victory in six games.
Haaland, who has scored 47 goals in 48 league games for Dortmund, was ruled out earlier on Saturday after picking up an injury in Friday’s final training.
Zakaria struck in the 37th minute after charging into the box, getting a lucky deflection to keep possession and then slotting in for the lead. Things got worse for Dortmund, who host Sporting in the Champions League next week.
Three minutes later when Mo Dahoud got his marching orders were following a second booking, putting his team firmly on the back foot and leaving defender Mats Hummel’s fuming.
It was dumb to give the referee the chance (to send him off),” Hummel’s said of Dahoud’s dissent that triggered a second booking following a foul. "
I hope Mo knows that what he did was wrong.
The hosts had a string of good chances in the second half on a frustrating return to Glad Bach for Dortmund coach Marco Rose, who had coached the Foals for two years but left this season to join the Ruhr valley club.