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Bundesliga: Sebastian Rudy grabs draw for Hoffenheim at Schalke

Hoffenheim's midfielder Sebastian Rudy and his teammates celebrate during the German first division Bundesliga football match of FC Schalke vs TSG Hoffenhe
Image: Hoffenheim's Sebastian Rudy (left) celebrates scoring

Hoffenheim maintained their bid for a top-four Bundesliga spot thanks to Sebastian Rudy's late equaliser in a 1-1 draw at Schalke.

Julian Nagelsmann's side trailed to a sixth-minute goal from Alessandro Schopf.

It was the Austrian midfielder's seventh goal of the season and his third in as many games, but Hoffenheim gradually began to dominate and Kerem Demirbay and Ermin Bicakcic both came close to scoring a leveller.

Hoffenheim, however, had to wait until the 80th minute for a share of the spoils when Germany midfielder Rudy headed home Steven Zuber's cross.

The draw leaves Hoffenheim fourth, a point above Hertha Berlin, while Schalke climb a place to 12th to sit level on points with Augsburg.

Borussia Monchengladbach backed up their excellent Europa League victory away to Fiorentina on Thursday with a 2-0 victory at struggling Ingolstadt.

Skipper Lars Stindl and Andre Hahn scored second-half goals as Gladbach made it four wins from five league games.

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After a sterile first half which produced few scoring opportunities, the visitors took the lead in controversial fashion on the hour. Stindl turned in a cross at the back post with what appeared to be his head, but television replays showed the ball in fact had come off his hand, much to Ingolstadt's despair.

The hosts chased the equaliser late on but they were punished on the break as Hahn sealed the points in injury time.

Monchengladbach's victory moves them up three places to 10th as Ingolstadt remain struggling in the bottom two ahead of next weekend's trip to Hoffenheim.

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