BERLIN: A late Denis Zakaria goal rescued a point for Borussia Moenchengladbach in a 1-1 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday that kept them in control of third place, two points ahead of RB Leipzig.

Gladbach fell a goal behind at the end of the first half through Danny Da Costa and could do nothing for much of the second half against a disciplined Eintracht defence.

They had to wait until Swiss international Zakaria’s fine turn and shot from the edge of the box in the 82nd minute to avoid a second straight loss and lift them to 43 points, five behind champions Bayern Munich and seven off leaders Borussia Dortmund. Eintracht dropped to sixth on 34.

Bayer Leverkusen’s strong form under new coach Peter Bosz continued with a 2-0 win over Fortuna Dusseldorf at the BayArena to move into fifth place.

Goals from Kai Havertz and Leon Bailey in either half against a defensively minded Duesseldorf helped Bosz’s side climb five points behind Leipzig and one ahead of VfL Wolfsburg.

Published in Dawn, February 19th, 2019