Soccer-Ten-man Freiburg bag late winner against Schalke to go top of the Bundesliga


BERLIN, Oct 11 (Reuters) - ⁠Ten-man Freiburg scored an 85th-minute ⁠winner throughKeisuke Goto to snatch a ‌2-1 victory over visitors Schalke 04 on Sunday and move top of the Bundesliga.

Freiburg, who had ​already made a club-record ⁠start with 10 ⁠points from their opening four matches, climbed ⁠to 13 ‌points, ahead of Borussia Dortmund on goal difference. Champions ⁠Bayern, whodrew 2-2 against Augsburg on ​Saturday, are ‌third on 11.

With Freiburg in control, ⁠Maximilian Eggestein ​put the hosts in front after 10 minutes, but Schalke hit back through ⁠Adrian Gantenbein on the half-hour.

Freiburg ​were reduced to 10 men when Yuito Suzuki received a second yellow card ⁠in the 64th minute, seemingly handing Schalke the initiative.

But the visitors were far too passive and toothless in attack ​to make the extra ⁠man count and Freiburgpunished them five minutes ​before the end with ‌Japaninternational Goto snatching the ​winner with a glancing header.

(Reporting by Karolos GrohmannEditing by Toby Davis)

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