Borussia Dortmund’s Erik Durm (left) tackled by Patrick Herrmann, of Borussia Moenchengladbach, yesterday.Borussia Dortmund’s Erik Durm (left) tackled by Patrick Herrmann, of Borussia Moenchengladbach, yesterday.

Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund suffered a shock first defeat of the season, letting in two late goals to slump to a 2-0 loss at Borussia Moenchengladbach yesterday.

Germany international Max Kruse calmly converted a spot-kick in the 81st minute after Dortmund defender Mats Hummels was sent off with a red card and Raffael added another with four minutes left to play.

The result left Dortmund second in the Bundesliga standings, one point behind leaders Bayern Munich who drew their match at third-placed Bayer Leverkusen 1-1 in the evening kick-off.

Dortmund should have scored several goals after wasting a bagful of chances and twice hitting the woodwork in a largely one-sided affair.

Hummels was left unmarked in the box early in the first half, only to fire straight at keeper Marc-andre ter Stegen, and Kevin Grosskreutz’s thunderous drive was saved by the Germany international.

In the 33rd minute it was Marco Reus’s turn to fire narrowly wide as the visitors completely dominated the encounter and looked the most likely team to open the score first.

It was a similar story in the second half with Gladbach shackled at the back and Dortmund carving out chance after chance.

But in a stunning final 10 minutes Gladbach struck twice with Hummels bringing down Havard Nordtveid for a penalty.

After Kruse had given them the lead from the spot, Gladbach found more space and it was another quick break that sealed the win with Raffael slotting in.

Fellow Champions League competitors Schalke 04 came from a goal down against 10-man Augsburg to crush them 4-1, Adam Szalai notching two goals. The win lifted them to eighth place on 11 points.

Promoted Eintracht Braunschweig secured their first Bundesliga win in 28 years when they beat hosts Wolfsburg 2-0 to move off the bottom place for the first time this season.

Results
B. Mgladbach 2 - B. Dortmund 0
B. Leverkusen 1 - B. Munich 1
Mainz 2 - Hoffenheim 2
Schalke 4 - Augsburg 1
Stuttgart 1 - W. Bremen 1
Wolfsburg 0 - E. B’schweig 2

Playing today
Nuremberg vs Hamburg - 15.30
Freiburg vs E. Frankfurt - 17.30

Standings

  P W D L F A Pts
B. Munich 8 6 2 0 15 3 20
B. Dortmund 8 6 1 1 21 7 19
B. Leverkusen 8 6 1 1 18 8 19
B. M’gladbach 8 4 1 3 19 13 13
Hanover 96 8 4 1 3 11 11 13
Hertha Berlin 8 3 3 2 14 9 12
Stuttgart 8 3 2 3 16 10 11
Schalke 04 8 3 2 3 14 17 11
W. Bremen 8 3 2 3 9 12 11
Hoffenheim 8 2 4 2 20 20 10
Mainz 8 3 1 4 12 17 10
FC Augsburg 8 3 1 4 9 15 10
Wolfsburg 8 3 0 5 9 11 9
E. Frankfurt 7 2 2 3 10 12 8
Nuremberg 7 0 5 2 9 12 5
Hamburg 7 1 2 4 12 19 5
E. Braunschweig 8 1 1 6 5 18 4
Freiburg 7 0 3 4 8 17 3

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