Augsburg come from behind to grab victory over Gladbach

By Ultan Corcoran @UltanCorcoran

Quickfire objectives from Tietz and Engels after the break helped Augsburg to a 2-1 win, placing them above Gladbach within the desk as they rise to tenth place.

The ultimate sport of Matchday 18 took on a frantic tempo from the get-go as each side received early probabilities. Plea got here shut for the hosts, whereas minutes later Scally’s sloppy cross was picked off by Demirovic who arrange Jensen however to no avail. Gladbach made the breakthrough within the twenty sixth minute, nonetheless. Dahmen flapped on the ball which Plea hooked again into the field and Jordan bundled dwelling regardless of the ocean of Augsburg defenders on the road.

Some very important defending from Kevin Mbabu would show essential in stopping Gladbach extending their lead. The Swiss full-back did brilliantly to stand up and clear the ball beneath his personal crossbar.

Augsburg roared out of the blocks upon the restart and battled again to 1-1 inside two and a half minutes. A effective transfer down the correct culminated in Mbabu crossing to the again publish the place Tietz headed dwelling expertly. Joe Scally merely unable to fend off the bodily striker. The comeback was accomplished within the 51st minute. As is so usually the case Demirovic fed Arne Engels who had the easy activity of putting it previous Nicolas.

A second of elation arose late on when Stefan Lainer returned to the pitch for the primary time since overcoming most cancers. Honorat got here agonisingly near restoring parity, nevertheless a relieved Dahmen was glad to see it fall into his fingers. Iago additionally examined Nicolas on the different finish together with his weaker proper foot. Thorup’s aspect by no means appeared again after that and secured all three factors.