FC Nurnberg held on to beat Borussia Monchengladbach 2-1 this afternoon. The home side were awarded a penalty early, which was converted by experienced defender Timmy Simons. Tomas Pekhart doubled the lead on the half hour mark, as Nurnberg looked as if they would pick up a much needed victory. However, Patrick Herrmann clawed a goal back for Gladbach 15 minutes into the second half to give the home side a scare, but Nurnberg were strong enough to hold out for the victory, moving up to 14th.
Despite a second half comeback from the home side, Borussia Dortmund have beaten 2nd placed Bayer Leverkusen to move above them in the table. The away side were quickly into their stride, going 2 to the good within 10 minutes, with goals from Marco Reus and Jakub "Kuba" Blaszczykowski, the latter from the penalty spot. It took until 15 minutes into the second half before Leverkusen could strike back, when Stefan Reinartz scored, and just 5 minutes later, the comeback was complete when defender Reinartz scored again. However, less than 60 seconds later, Robert Lewandowski put Dortmund back in front which seemed to the knock the wind out of the home side. Dortmund hanged on for the 3 points, despite a missed penalty by "Kuba".
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