Goto’s 85th minute winner saw Freiburg leapfrog Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund into first place, after his compatriot Yuito Suzuki was sent off in the second half. Maximilian Eggestein headed Freiburg in front from a corner early on and the hosts looked to be in full control of the game until the half-hour mark. Schalke then hit back through a corner of their own, debutant Adrian Gantenbein smashing a loose ball in via a deflection.
Japan forward Keisuke Goto’s late header fired ten-man Freiburg to the top of the German Bundesliga table with a 2-1 win over Schalke on Sunday.
Japan forward Keisuke Goto’s late header fired ten-man Freiburg to the top of the German Bundesliga table with a 2-1 win over Schalke on Sunday.
El Mala missed a golden chance to restore the lead for Cologne after the break, shooting straight at the goalkeeper when both he and team mate Marius Buelter were through on goal.
The game was suspended for several minutes and riot police surrounded the away block after Gladbach fans appeared to fire fireworks into the home sections after Said El Mala’s superb second-half winner. “There is no place for that kind of thing in the stadium, nobody wants to see it and it shocked all of us,” Gladbach’s sporting director Rouwen Schroeder told Dazn after the game, adding the club would launch an investigation. “I can’t fault my players at all, they gave everything for more than 90 minutes today,” said Blessin, who was involved in a brief but heated conversation with Gladbach fans after the game. “I’d been looking forward to this game for weeks and it’s unbelievably cool to get all three points in the derby,” El Mala told Dazn.
