RB Leipzig overcome poor form in win vs Frankfurt

RB Leipzig ended their run of poor form in all competitions with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the DFB-Pokal.

RB Leipzig started strongly but were cautious, as Nicolas Seiwald’s free kick in the eighth minute failed to bring about a goal.

In the 17th minute, Willi Orban headed the ball in the direction of Frankfurt’s goal and he forced a good save from Kevin Trapp.

Around the half hour mark, Eintracht stepped up and provided a bit more attacking wise especially with their accumulation of corners.

However, minutes later, Leipzig opened the scoring thanks to Benjamin Sesko who finished past Trapp into the corner of the goal.

Just before half time, Frankfurt had a chance as Nnamdi Collins brought the ball into the box and Robin Koch weakly puts the ball towards goal.

After half time, Leipzig once again piled on the pressure as they forced an error from Frankfurt’s defence whilst they were playing out from the back.

This time, it was Loïs Openda who capitalized to make it 2-0 for the east German side as he took the ball first time into the corner of the net in benefiting from a mistake.

Just under ten minutes later, Openda bagged his brace as he smashes the ball from nineteen metres from the goal into the back of the net.

This goal was provided by Antonio Nusa, who has three assists during this point in the game already.

During the 67th minute, Leipzig had a chance to counter and score as Openda tried to pull into a central area and net his hat-trick but was unsuccessful.

Further Eintracht Frankfurt changes in bringing on Mahmoud Dahoud and Oscar Hojlund did little to change the game around.

The aforementioned Dahoud, however, did earn himself a yellow card late on as he fouled Xaver Schlager in one of the last noteworthy actions of the game. 

In winning this tie, Leipzig have ended a six-match run of games without a win.