Dortmund survive in Frankfurt after a six goal thriller

Borussia Dortmund achieved a fantastic result in Frankfurt, where they managed a 3-3 draw with Eintracht. This is their third draw of the season, and they remain very much in contention for the Bundesliga title since they are undefeated so far, but even though a victory was anticipated today, they are lucky it was only 3-3. After only 24 minutes of the match, it was already 2-0 for the home team, and four minutes later, it should have been a penalty and 3-0, but after a long VAR check, the referee decided that a foul of the reserve keeper was not worth a penalty. This decision will surely be up for the debate since it was clearly seen that Alexander Meyer missed the ball and took a shot at a Frankfurt player, yet the referee didn’t give the penalty. Instead of 3-3, it was 2-2 in the 54th minute, before both teams scored one goal. Each end finished the game with six goals.

After a great display and deserved victory in Newcastle in the Champions League, the Millionaires started strong in rainy Frankfurt but right-back Wolf handballed in the penalty area, and after only eight minutes, Dortmund was down 1-0. From that moment, the home team took the initiative and started to attack the visitors, which resulted in a few good chances and another goal, the second for Egyptian Omar Marmoush. Wolf was also unfortunate to hurt his teammate, goalkeeper Kobel, who had to leave just minutes before that ungiven penalty mentioned above. But former Bayern midfielder Sabitzer scored from distance to give the visitors hope in the second half.

Coach Edin Terzic brought in Moukoko and Adeyemi at the break, and soon, the first one equalized for Dortmund, who had the momentum and dominance, but one counterattack brought Eintracht back to the scoring board. Borussia’s third substitute Julian Brandt, equalized 10 minutes from time and the home team survived the visitor's attacks in injury time.

BUNDESLIGA - MATCHDAY 9

Friday

Bochum - Mainz 2-2 (1-0)

/Stoger 21, Schlotterbeck 81 - Schlotterbeck 59 og, Krauss 96/

Saturday

Stuttgart - Hoffenheim 2-3 (0-2)

/Fuhrich 61, Undav 74 - Promel 4, Wegohost 21 pen, Skov 66/

Werder - Union Berlin 2-0 (1-0)

/Knoche 38 og, Ducksch 75/

Augsburg - Wolfsburg 3-2 (1-2)

/Tietz 17, Bornauw 79 og, Engels 81 - Wind 35, Majer 45 pen/

M' gladbach - Heidenheim 2-1 (1-1)

/Plea 3, Fohrenbach 51 og - Dinki 37/

Bayern - Darmstadt 8-0 (0-0)

/Kane 51, 69, 88, Sane 56, 64 Musiala 60, 76, Muller 71/

RB Leipzig - Koln 6-0 (4-0)

/Werner 15 pen, Openda 40, 45+3, Raum 43, Sesko 88, Baumgartner 90+1/

Sunday

Eintracht Frankfurt - Borussia Dortmund 3-3 (2-1)

/Marmoush 8, 24, Chaibi 68 - Sabitzer 45+1, Moukoko 55, Brandt 82/