BERLIN: Borussia Moenchengladbach halted Ralph Hasenhuettl’s winning start at VfL Wolfsburg, recovering from a goal down to win 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
Germany international Ridle Baku scored his first league goal of the season as Wolfsburg got off to a perfect start inside seven minutes — but that is as good as it got for the hosts.
Gladbach staged a second-half comeback, with Ko Itakura, Nathan Ngoumou and Rocco Reitz scoring the goals that kept the Foals in the safety of mid-table.
It is Gladbach’s first away win since September in all competitions and leaves Wolfsburg with only one win since the turn of the year — last weekend’s 2-0 victory at Werder Bremen in Hasenhuettl’s first game in charge.
Wolfsburg remain in 14th place, five points off the relegation play-off spot.
While Wolfsburg and Borussia Moenchengladbach are among the Bundesliga’s underachievers, Sunday’s earlier game saw the meeting of two of the league’s overachievers.
Eighth-placed Hoffenheim ended a run of three straight defeats with a 3-1 home victory over Augsburg, seventh, who came into the game on the back of a five-game unbeaten run.
Hoffenheim raced into a 2-0 lead inside 20 minutes, with Wout Weghorst and Andrej Kramaric putting the hosts in charge.
Ermedin Demirovic halved Hoffenheim’s advantage on the hour mark but Ihlas Bebou fired in a late third to rubber-stamp the win.
Published in Dawn, April 9th, 2024
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