Eintracht Frankfurt breathed life into their pulverized Bundesliga campaign on Sunday with a thrilling 4-3 win over Werder Bremen as midfielder Mario Goetze scored his first goal for the club.
Former Bayern Munich midfielder Goetze, who returned home to Germany after a stint with PSV Eindhoven, led the Europa League champions 1-0 after two minutes with a fine finish in the bottom corner following a great work by Randal Kolo Muani.
But the 2014 World Cup winner’s strike was canceled 12 minutes later as poor defending from the Eintracht defense allowed Anthony Jung to fire a shot past Kevin Trapp, before Leonardo Bittencourt headed in a free kick to bring the score to 2-1.
Daichi Kamada scored for offside before Kolo Muani dribbled past past Werder defenders and beat Jiri Pavlenka to bring Eintracht back into the competition.
Jesper Lindstrom made it 3-2 for Eintracht towards the end of a breathless first half after collecting Sebastian Rode’s pass behind the Werder defense and chipping Pavlenka, before Djibril Sow struck after the pause.
Niclas Fuellkrug’s 90th-minute penalty meant Eintracht had to endure a nervy final minutes before claiming their first victory of the campaign.
Earlier today FC Cologne were held to a 10-man draw by VfB Stuttgart after Luca Pfeiffer was shown a straight red on his first start for the club for a reckless challenge on Timo Hubers in the second half.