FC St Pauli 3–1 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Things are starting to look decidedly grim for Mönchengladbach after they went down 3-1 at fellow strugglers St. Pauli, having taken the lead early on. The five-time German champions remain adrift at the bottom on 16 points, while the hosts chalked up another victory over a direct rival for the drop to move up to twelfth for the time being. They also remain unbeaten in 2011.
De Camargo off
Gladbach got off to the ideal start at the Millerntor, going in front in the ninth minute when Mike Hanke latched onto a terrible back-pass from Moritz Volz and played in Igor de Camargo to slot the ball past home keeper Thomas Kessler. Hero turned villain in the 22nd minute however, when goalscorer de Camargo was red-carded for retaliation following a scuffle with Matthias Lehmann. The St. Pauli player was also booked after dropping theatrically to the ground.
A man up, the hosts tried to raise the tempo, but with limited success until the 37th minute, when Gerald Asamoah produced an inch-perfect cross from the left which Max Kruse volleyed home to get St. Pauli back on level terms. After the interval, the Hamburg outfit really started to make the extra man tell. Just eight minutes in, Charles Takyi worked his way free down the left and fed the ball through to Asamoah, who had little trouble slotting home his fifth goal of the season to make it 2-1. Five minutes on from that, Lehmann latched onto a long through ball to run through on the left and fire home number three, after which there would be no way back for depleted Gladbach.
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