The weekend's Bundesliga action saw Borussia Monchengladbach's unbeaten run coming to an end as Mainz recorded a victory by a solitary goal.
Aaron Martin, the Mainz left-back, came up with the winner at Borussia Park. The match provided a great opportunity for Monchengladbach to go level with the likes of Union Berlin and Bayern Munich. However, the home side, despite having several chances in the first half, failed to capitalize.In the second half, Monchengladbach was reduced to 10 men after
Ko Itakura was shown the red card in the 63rd minute for committing a foul that denied a clear goalscoring opportunity for Mainz. The resulting free-kick saw Mainz left-back
Aaron Martin stepping up, and his superb effort resulted in the ball flying into the top corner of the Monchengladbach net. Monchengladbach goalkeeper Sommer barely moved. However, despite going down to 10 men, Monchengladbach continued to carve open the Mainz defense, but poor finishing meant that the result went in Mainz's favor.Monchengladbach managed to get the ball into the Mainz net, courtesy of a
Lars Stindl effort. However, the goal was ruled out after replays confirmed that Stindl was marginally offside in the buildup to the goal. The result leaves Monchengladbach in 9th place in the league table as Mainz finds itself in 5th place only a point behind Union Berlin and Bayern.Freiburg and Dortmund continue to be the pace setters in the early weeks of the new Bundesliga season, with both teams on 12 points after 5 games. At the other end of the table, strugglers VfL Bochum are yet to register a point after losing all their games. Wolfsburg and Augsburg are occupying the other two relegation places - the former is yet to win a game while the latter has only managed one win so far.