Late Frankfurt equaliser angers Dortmund captain Reus

Berlin: Marco Reus was left fuming after Borussia Dortmund conceded a late own goal to draw 2-2 at Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday and lose ground on Bundesliga leaders RB Leipzig.

Dortmund twice took the lead but surrendered an equaliser on 88 minutes, failing to deal with two crosses before Japan midfielder Daichi Kamada forced Thomas Delaney to turn the ball into his own net.

The draw left Dortmund third, three points behind Leipzig and one adrift of defending champions Bayern Munich, who thrashed Cologne 4-0 on Saturday. Unbeaten Leipzig won 3-0 at Werder Bremen.

In Frankfurt, goals by Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel and England winger Jadon Sancho either side of an Andre Silva equaliser left Dortmund 2-1 up with full-time approaching before Delaney’s costly own goal.

Dortmund captain Reus could not hide his frustration.

“We are not seeing the thing through,” the Germany international told Sky, bristling when asked if his team had a “mentality problem”.

“Stop asking about this mentality shit -- it’s crap and it’s the same questions every week.”

Dortmund head coach Lucien Favre kept the same starting line-up which drew 0-0 at home to Barcelona in the Champions League in midweek.

Germany head coach Joachim Loew was in the stands amid calls from both German legend Lothar Matthaeus and Favre that Mats Hummels should be recalled to the national squad.

Hummels, deemed to be past his prime by Loew last March, was outstanding against Barcelona and marshalled the back four in Frankfurt before being replaced on the hour due to a back injury.

Earlier, French under-21 striker Marcus Thuram came off the bench to score twice in Borussia Moenchengladbach’s 2-1 win over Fortuna Duesseldorf.

Agence France-Presse

German League results on Sunday:

Borussia Moenchengladbach 2 (Thuram 74, 88) Fortuna Duesseldorf 1 (Adams 7); Eintracht Frankfurt 2 (Silva 44, Delaney 88-og) Borussia Dortmund 2 (Witsel 11, Sancho 66)