By Xinhua
Berlin : German soccer giant Schalke 04 was held to a 1-1 away draw by Wolfsburg, missing a chance to narrow the gap with Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich.
However, Eintracht Frankfurt continued its strong start to the season with a 1-0 victory Sunday over Hansa Rostock.
Jacek Krzynowek helped Wolfsburg nine minutes before break with a superb free kick. Nevertheless, Wolfsburg’s cause was made all the more difficult on 51 minutes when Josue was controversially sent off for a second bookable offence.
Schalke poured forward in search of an equalizer and missed a host of chances before Halil Altintop finally levelled matters four minutes from time.
“When you get an equalizer so late in the game, you really should be happy but I amn’t in the slightest,” said Schalke coach Mirko Slomka.
“We dominated the game but lacked directness in front of goal,” he added.
In Sunday’s other match, Hansa Rostock remains bottom without a point after losing 1-0 to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Alexander Meier got the only goal of the game for Frankfurt on three minutes after the Rostock defence failed to clear.
Bayern Munich sits top on a maximum nine points from three matches thanks to a comfortable 3-0 home win over Hanover 96 Saturday while defending champion VfB Stuttgart got its first victory of the new campaign, a 1-0 win against newly- promoted MSV Duisburg.
Arminia Bielefeld, 2-0 winner at home to Hertha Berlin, VfL Bochum, who beat SV Hamburg 2-1 in the Friday night game and Frankfurt sit second on seven points, followed by Hamburg on six and Schalke on five.