Frankfurt edge past Gladbach to claim second place
Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia Moenchengladbach - Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany - January 26, 2018 Eintracht Frankfurt’s Kevin-Prince Boateng and team mates applaud the fans at the end of the match REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
BERLIN (Reuters) - Eintracht Frankfurt struck once at the end of each half to beat Borussia Moenchengladbach 2-0 on Friday to climb to second place in the Bundesliga and enjoy their best start to a calendar year in 28 years.
Kevin-Prince Boateng put the hosts ahead in the 43rd minute and Luka Jovic scored in second half stoppage time to lift Frankfurt, with two wins and a draw since the Bundesliga resumed after the winter break earlier this month, to 33 points.
They are two points ahead of Gladbach as well as Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke 04 and RB Leipzig who are in action over the weekend.
Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia Moenchengladbach - Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany - January 26, 2018 Eintracht Frankfurt’s Kevin-Prince Boateng scores their first goal REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Frankfurt went ahead at the end of a lacklustre first half with Boateng's close-range effort.
They then had to endure Gladbach pressure for much of the second half but hung on for the win.
The visitors could have equalised when Boateng brought down Lars Stindl in the box but instead Thorgan Hazard thundered his 78th minute penalty onto the crossbar, his first miss this season after converting his previous four spot kicks.
Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia Moenchengladbach - Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany - January 26, 2018 Eintracht Frankfurt’s Lukas Hradecky makes a save from Borussia Monchengladbach’s Denis Zakaria REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Jovic then struck late to make sure of the three points.
Bayern Munich, top on 47 points, host Hoffenheim on Saturday.
Soccer Football - Bundesliga - Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia Moenchengladbach - Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany - January 26, 2018 Eintracht Frankfurt’s Kevin-Prince Boateng fouls Borussia Monchengladbach’s Lars Stindl in the area resulting in a penlty being awarded REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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