Moenchengladbach misses chance to join leader Dortmund
FREIBURG, Germany (AP) — Second-place Borussia Moenchengladbach missed the chance to move level on points with Bundesliga leader Borussia Dortmund after losing 3-1 at Freiburg on Friday.
Moenchengladbach's night started badly when forward Nils Petersen put Freiburg ahead with a penalty in the first minute. But the visitors equalized from the penalty spot after 20 minutes through Thorgan Hazard, the younger brother of Belgium and Chelsea star Eden Hazard.
Petersen's strike partner Luca Waldschmidt put Freiburg back in front in the 57th and, with Moenchengladbach pushing for an equalizer, substitute forward Lucas Hoeler made it 3-1 four minutes into injury time.
Moenchengladbach is three points behind free-scoring Dortmund, level on 17 points with third-place Werder Bremen and one ahead of defending champion Bayern Munich in fourth.
Dortmund, which has netted 27 goals in eight league games plus eight in three Champions League matches without conceding one in Europe, is at home to sixth-place Hertha Berlin on Saturday.
Bayern is at Mainz on Saturday while Bremen hosts Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday.
