BERLIN - Champions League side Wolfsburg suffered a shock defeat on Sunday as Eintracht Frankfurt captain Alexander Meier completed a hat-trick deep into injury time to seal a 3-2 comeback win.
Eintracht Frankfurt's Szabolcs Huszti (L) vies with VfL Wolfsburg's Vielrinha (R) on January 24, 2016 in Frankfurt am Main during a German first division Bundesliga football match
After Germany international Andre Schuerrle had equalised late on, Wolfsburg, who face Ghent in the last 16 of the Champions League next month, were heading for a 2-2 draw before Meier struck for the third time.
Wolfsburg took an early lead when Brazil and ex-Bayern Munich defender Dante scored his first Bundesliga goal for two years when slotting home on 25 minutes.
Frankfurt's new signing, Mexico midfielder Marco Fabian, made his debut at the start of the second-half as the hosts came back into the game.
Meier, last season's top scorer in Germany's top flight, took advantage of poor Wolfsburg defending to equalise on 66 minutes, then put his side ahead with 17 minutes left.
Schuerrle levelled on 79 minutes, but Meier produced his third goal, from his third shot, three minutes into added time as Wolfsburg were again punished for woeful defending in the box.
The result left Wolfsburg seventh and Eintracht 14th.
On Saturday, Borussia Dortmund consolidated second place with a convincing 3-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach to trim Bayern Munich's runaway lead.
Goals by Dortmund's Marco Reus, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Ilkay Gundogan, with a consolation from Gladbach's Raffael, sealed the win.
It left Dortmund both eight points behind Bayern and eight points ahead of third-placed Hertha Berlin, who were held to a goalless draw at home to Augsburg in the capital.
This was only Gladbach's second league defeat since Andre Schubert took charge last September with the team bottom of the table. They stay fourth.
On Friday, Bayern kicked-off the second half of the season with a 2-1 win at Hamburg thanks to Robert Lewandowski's two goals.
At the other end of the table on Saturday, veteran Portugal striker Hugo Almeida marked his debut for relegation-threatened Hanover 96 with a goal.
But he was unable to prevent their 2-1 defeat at home to Darmstadt as Sandro Wagner scored both of the visitors' goals.
The defeat left Hanover bottom as ex-Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf took charge of his first game since replacing Michael Frontzeck over the winter break. Darmstadt are 12th.
Stuttgart pulled away from the relegation places with a 3-1 win at Cologne to move up to 15th as Jurgen Kramny picked up his second straight win having been given the head coach role full-time.
Stuttgart finished 2015 with a shock win over Wolfsburg and backed it up despite Anthony Modeste converting an early penalty for Cologne.
Stuttgart roared back with goals from Daniel Didavi, Timo Werner and Christian Gentner.
Bayer Leverkusen stay fifth after their 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim as Jiloan Hamad's goal for the hosts was cancelled out by Leverkusen captain Omer Toprak's late strike.
Ingolstadt, who are in their first season in Germany's top flight, earned a 1-0 win at home to Mainz through a Moritz Hartmann penalty to go tenth in the table.
On Sunday evening, sixth-placed Schalke are at home to strugglers Werder Bremen.