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