Eurosport - Hannover 96 twice came from behind
in a furious second-half spell to earn a 2-2 draw at Borussia Dortmund in
the Bundesliga. Ebi Smolarek opened the scoring with a tap-in after five
minutes and Dortmund stayed in control before three goals in four minutes
levelled up the match.
Vahid Hashemian grabbed the first equaliser in the 74th minute. Smolarek put
Dortmund back in front almost immediately but two minutes later Szabolcs
Huszti had Hannover level again.
The draw ruined Dortmund's hopes of joining the league leaders overnight.
With six games played they are seventh with eight points. Hannover are 14th
with five points.
Bayern Munich, who have 10 points and lead the standings on goals scored
from Schalke 04, are at bottom club VfL Wolfsburg in one of six games on
Saturday. Schalke face a tricky visit to Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday.
Dortmund controlled the first half and looked on course for a comfortable
win after Florian Kringe struck the post, giving Smolarek an easy chance for
his opening goal.
Vinicius Bergantin had to clear an Alexander Frei header off the line to
stop going Dortmund 2-0 up in the 26th minute and the home side went close
again a few minutes later when Steven Pienaar hit the post with a long-range
shot.
Hanover created virtually nothing before Hashemian's right-foot shot from
Jan Rosenthal's nod down brought the game back to life with 16 minutes left.
Smolarek took Tinga's pass to make it 2-1 but while Dortmund fans were still
celebrating Hashemian set up Hungarian Huszti for Hannover's second.
