Staff Reporter.
Borussia Dortmund slipped to fourth in the Bundesliga with defeat at Borussia Monchengladbach after playing 50 minutes with 10 men.
Dortmund, playing without injured captain Marco Reus and top strike Erling Haaland, suffered their second loss of the season, dropping to fourth place on 12 points, four off leaders Bayern Munich as Gladbach notched up their second victory in six games.
Marco Rose’s return to his former club ended in disappointment as Denis Zakaria scored the only goal.
The Switzerland midfielder played a one-two with Matthias Ginter before firing past Gregor Kobel after a rebound from Jude Bellingham.
Three minutes later, Mahmoud Dahoud was sent off for a second yellow.
“It is dumb to give the referee the chance [to send him off],” Mats Hummels said of Dahoud’s dissent that triggered a second booking following a foul. “I hope Mo knows that what he did was wrong.
“It is wrong to send him off but you should not even give the referee the chance to do it.”
Playing without injured forward Haaland and club captain Reus, Dortmund struggled in front of goal and didn’t have a single shot on target.
Their best chance came in injury time when Belgium winger Thorgan Hazard headed over.
The result means Dortmund’s run of scoring in consecutive matches in all competitions has ended at 56, a run stretching back to a 2-0 defeat at Augsburg on 26 September 2020.
Bayern Munich will finish the weekend three points clear at the top of the Bundesliga after Wolfsburg also lost 3-1 at Hoffenheim.