Borussia suffer defeat at home to Stuttgart

The 52,120 fans at BORUSSIA PARK witnessed a bright start to the match with Gladbach looking lively from the kick-off. 

...the tragic hero

Martin Stranzl scored in the 7th minute, when he volleyed a headed clearance into the bottom right corner of the net from 20 yards out – it was the Austrian’s third goal of the season. 

Borussia’s lead was not to last long: VfB hit straight back with Martin Harnik converting a Christian Molinaro cross that left Marc-André ter Stegen helpless as the visitors levelled on 9 minutes.

...in the first half borussia was clearly the better team.

Stuttgart posed one more serious threat in the first half when Ibrahima Traore hit a free kick just over the bar from the edge of the penalty area. Borussia had a great chance to retake the lead through Stranzl when the 32-year-old turned a pass from Hanke towards the left corner of the net but the Stuttgart goalkeeper pulled off another save.

In the second half, Borussia pressed forward in determined mood, pushed Stuttgart further and further back, but they failed to create many clear goalscoring opportunities. 

Gladbach were then unlucky to go behind on 72 minutes when Brouwers deflected a Kuzmanovic into his own net.

Just the reliable Brouwers determinates the match with his own goal and Borussia sank to the 11th place in the table.

F... ..f!