Wolfsburg striker Bas Dost celebrates after scoring against Werder Bremen during their Bundesliga match in Bremen yesterday. (AFP)
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Borussia Moenchengladbach cemented third place in the Bundesliga yesterday with a 2-0 win at home to Paderborn, who slipped into the relegation places.
Wolfsburg came from behind three times to win a sensational match away at Werder Bremen 5-3 and move within eight points of Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.
Goals either side of half-time by USA international Fabian Johnson and Patrick Herrmann gave Lucien Favre’s Gladbach the three points.
Winger Herrmann was unlucky not to finish with two goals after his shot hit the post just before the final whistle having come on for the last 25 minutes.
Gladbach are now four points clear of the chasing pack in third while Paderborn, with just one win in their last ten matches, drop to third from bottom.
Werder led 3-2 at half time thanks to Zlatko Junuzovic, Franco di Santo and a Vieirinha own goal, with Daniel Caligiuri and Maximilian Arnold replying for the guests.
But Bas Dost scored twice in five minutes after the restart to turn the match round and then set up Caligiuri to make the victory safe in the 53rd minute.
On Saturday, Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang played Borussia Dortmund’s ‘superhero’ by scoring their opening goal in a 3-0 home win over Schalke 04 in the Ruhr Valley derby.
Dortmund climbed to tenth in the table after picking up their fourth consecutive league win after starting February bottom of the table.
