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Gladbach crisis continues in 3-1 Bundesliga loss at Augsburg

Posted March 12, 2021 6:00 am

By CIARÃN FAHEY

Augsburg's Felix Uduokhai, right, and Moenchengladbach's Lars Stindl fight for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Augsburg and Borussia Moenchengladbach at the WWK Arena in Augsburg, Germany, Friday, March 12, 2021. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP) The Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) - Borussia MÃ¶nchengladbach captain Lars Stindl missed a penalty and the team's losing streak stretched to six games across all competitions at Augsburg in a 3-1 Bundesliga defeat on Friday.

Gladbach has lost every game since the club announced that coach Marco Rose will be joining league rival Borussia Dortmund next season.

The latest defeat will strengthen fans' calls to let him go before Tuesday's Champions League game against Manchester City. Gladbach has a two-goal deficit to make up against City from the first leg of their last-16 tie.

'œWe'd rather have a week's training to prepare for the core tasks at the moment, namely points in the Bundesliga,'ť said Rose, whose team looks likely to lose further ground in the race for European qualification places.

Stindl's penalty miss was the visitors' biggest chance in a first half that they dominated.

Raphael Framberger conceded the spot kick in the 37th minute for a foul on Marcus Thuram, but Stindl shot to the left of the goal.

'œThe penalty miss is on my head,'ť Stindl said. 'œI feel sorry for the guys because we always invested so much and simply didn't get any reward.'ť

Gladbach was to rue the miss early in the second half when Ruben Vargas arrived with pace and powered home a header from a corner.

'œDespite the goal we didn't hide, but we still believed in ourselves,'ť Stindl said.

Gladbach had had 65% possession and 16 goal efforts to the home team's seven.

But Marco Richter scored against the run of play in the 76th with only Augsburg's third shot on target, and AndrÃ© Hahn confirmed his former team's fate on a counterattack in the 89th.

'œIt's so bitter,'ť Gladbach scorer Florian Neuhaus said. 'œIt's getting on my nerves I have to say.'ť

Rose's team remained 10th.

Augsburg moved 10 points clear of the relegation zone.

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Augsburg's Ruben Vargas, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Augsburg and Borussia Moenchengladbach at the WWK Arena in Augsburg, Germany, Friday, March 12, 2021. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP) The Associated Press

Augsburg's Raphael Framberger, second right, brings down Moenchengladbach's Marcus Thuram in the penalty area during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Augsburg and Borussia Moenchengladbach at the WWK Arena in Augsburg, Germany, Friday, March 12, 2021. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP) The Associated Press

Augsburg's Andre Hahn celebrates with teammates after scoring during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Augsburg and Borussia Moenchengladbach at the WWK Arena in Augsburg, Germany, Friday, March 12, 2021. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP) The Associated Press

Augsburg's goalkeeper Rafal Gikiewicz, below, and Moenchengladbach's Valentino Lazaro fight for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Augsburg and Borussia Moenchengladbach at the WWK Arena in Augsburg, Germany, Friday, March 12, 2021. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP) The Associated Press

Augsburg's Raphael Framberger, left, and Moenchengladbach's Alassane Plea fight for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Augsburg and Borussia Moenchengladbach at the WWK Arena in Augsburg, Germany, Friday, March 12, 2021. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP) The Associated Press

Augsburg's Daniel Caligiuri, left, and Moenchengladbach's Oscar Wendt fight for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Augsburg and Borussia Moenchengladbach at the WWK Arena in Augsburg, Germany, Friday, March 12, 2021. (Matthias Balk/dpa via AP) The Associated Press

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