Match highlights
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SV Werder Bremen vs Borussia Mönchengladbach highlights
How the goals came
7' Alassane Pléa opens the scoring for Borussia Mönchengladbach → 28' Alassane Pléa extends Borussia Mönchengladbach's lead → 38' Romano Schmid pulls one back for SV Werder Bremen → 45+1' André Silva equalises for SV Werder Bremen → 81' Tim Kleindienst puts Borussia Mönchengladbach ahead (the winner) → 81' Alassane Pléa extends Borussia Mönchengladbach's lead. Full time: 2-4, Borussia Mönchengladbach win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 6 goals came after half-time.
7' Alassane Pléa (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 0-1
Borussia Mönchengladbach struck first at the Weserstadion, with Alassane Pléa scoring in the 7th minute to make it 0-1. It was the opening goal of a six-goal match and the first of three Pléa would score on the afternoon. The visitors had taken the lead early.
28' Alassane Pléa (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 0-2
In the 28th minute Pléa added his second of the day, stretching Borussia Mönchengladbach's lead to 0-2. The away side now held a two-goal cushion in the first half, leaving SV Werder Bremen with ground to make up. At that point Pléa had scored every goal in the match.
38' Romano Schmid (SV Werder Bremen) 1-2
Trailing by two, SV Werder Bremen pulled one back in the 38th minute through Romano Schmid. His goal made it 1-2 and brought the home side within a single goal before half-time. It set the stage for the equalizer that followed shortly after.
45'+1 André Silva (SV Werder Bremen) 2-2
On the stroke of half-time, in the 45+1st minute, André Silva levelled the score at 2-2. Coming only minutes after Schmid's goal, it completed SV Werder Bremen's recovery from two goals down before the break. The match went into the interval all square.
81' Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 2-3
With the score still 2-2 deep into the second half, Tim Kleindienst put Borussia Mönchengladbach back in front in the 81st minute. Having seen a two-goal lead wiped out before half-time, the visitors were ahead again at 2-3. They never relinquished the lead from there, making Kleindienst's strike the winning goal.
81' Alassane Pléa (Borussia Mönchengladbach) 2-4
In the same 81st minute as Kleindienst's go-ahead goal, Pléa added another to make it 2-4. Following his strikes in the 7th and 28th minutes, it completed a hat-trick for the forward. Two goals in the space of a minute sealed a 2-4 away win for Borussia Mönchengladbach.
