SCORING:
18' - (BMG) - T. Hazard (PEN)
53' - (BMG) - T. Hazard (PEN)
DISCIPLINE:
42' - (BMG) - J. Drmic (Yellow)
47' - (BMG) - T. Jantschke (Red)
60' - (BMG) - P. Herrman (Yellow)
10/3/15
Monchengladbach, North-Rhein-Westphalia (AP) - Borussia Monchengladbach returned to Bundesliga action on Saturday evening and left with a 2-nil victory over VfL Wolfsburg at a rainy Borussia Park. Thorgan Hazard scored both Monchengladbach goals, both on penalty kicks.
Hazard scored the first in the 18th minute after Josip Drmic was taken down in the box. No card was given in the play. Later in the half, Drmic drew a yellow card on a very questionable foul. The questionable calls continued after halftime as Tony Jantschke was removed from the game, with a red card, after a slide tackle in which he clearly hit the ball first.
Just six minutes later, Thorgan Hazard was pulled down from behind in the box and awarded a penalty, but once again no card. Hazard converted the penalty to make it 2-nil.
Patrick Herrmann would pick up a yellow card in the 60th minute, the third card against Monchengladbach in the very physical match.
"I cannot understand how only our players received cards," said Lothar Matthaus afterwards. "Both teams were physical and we took a couple of very hard fouls, yet Wolsburg escaped with no cards." There were 11 fouls in the match, seven against Monchengladbach and four against Wolfsburg.
As per usual, Yann Sommer was the Man of the Match, making four saves and earning his third clean sheet on the Bundesliga campaign.
Borussia Monchengladbach (3-3-2) moved up into the top six with the win. VfL Wolfsburg (5-0-3) slips to fourth. Up next for Monchengladbach, after a two week International break, is a road match in Frankfurt against Eintracht Frankfurt (2-2-4), who currently sits in 15th spot.
Fixture 8 Results:
Hannover 96 1:1 Werder Bremen
1899 Hoffenheim 1:0 VfB Stuttgart
Hertha BSC 2:2 Hamburger SV
SV Darmstadt 0:2 FSV Mainz 05
Bayer Leverkusen 2:1 FC Augsburg
Bayern Munich 1:0 Borussia Dortmund
FC Ingolstadt 1:1 Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Schalke 04 0:1 FC Koln