Mainz moved up to second in the Bundesliga with a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund, who were brought crashing back down to earth after their Champions League win over Arsenal.
Shinji Okazaki gave Kasper Hjulmand’s men the lead midway through the second half and Ciro Immobile missed a penalty, conceded by Okazaki, before Matthias Ginter put through his own goal to complete Mainz’s victory.
Jairo Samperio altered the course of the game, turning inside Sokratis Papastathopoulos before squaring for Okazaki, who scored his fourth goal of the season from close range.
Okazaki went from hero to villain four minutes later when he blocked Immobile’s shot with his arm, with the referee judging he had done so intentionally. The Italian forward stepped up to the spot but his shot was saved by Loris Karius.
After that let-off, Jairo was put through on goal and while his choice of squaring the ball for Okazaki looked to have been the wrong one with only Weidenfeller to beat, it turned out to be just right as Ginter slid in to turn the ball into his own goal.
Meanwhile, Schalke came from two goals down to draw 2-2 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in a game which saw three players sent off.
Alexander Meier opened the scoring for the visitors, and Marco Russ extended their lead midway through the first half. A questionable penalty, converted by Eric- Maxim Choupo-Moting, brought the Royal Blues back into the game just before half-time, though, and Julian Draxler headed them level five minutes after the break.
Also, Augsburg inflicted a first defeat of the season on Werder Bremen after recovering from an early deficit to win 4-2.
Davie Selke gave the visitors the lead but Daniel Baier levelled soon after and Paul Verhaegh gave Augsburg the lead with a penalty just before half-time. Another penalty, converted by Franco Di Santo, brought Bremen back on terms in the 57th minute, but Tobias Werner headed in with just over 10 minutes remaining before Tim Matavz added a fourth to lift the team into the top half of the table.
