Bundesliga: Stuttgart beat Frankfurt 3-2 to go to top

Nikolas Nartey scored a late winner and Deniz Undav kept up his fine form as Stuttgart defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 at home on Tuesday to move into third place in the Bundesliga.

Frankfurt went in front early when Rasmus Kristensen nodded in a dipping header. Stuttgart replied after Ermedin Demirovic took advantage of a mistake by the Frankfurt goalkeeper to score.

Undav then added another before the break, with his shot taking a deflection on the way in, as the hosts turned the game around.

After half-time, Bundesliga debutant Ayoube Amaimouni-Echghouyab brought Frankfurt back on level terms to make it 2-2 and set up a tense finish.

But Stuttgart had the final say when Nartey struck in the 87th minute. It was his first goal in the Bundesliga, and it sealed all three points for the home side in an exciting contest.

The victory took the German Cup holders to third, a point behind second-placed Borussia Dortmund, who host Werder Bremen later on Tuesday.

Frankfurt have struggled this season after last campaign’s third-placed finish, their best result in three decades.

Kristensen connected with a corner to put his side in front after five minutes, but Frankfurt ushered Stuttgart back into the game when goalkeeper Kaua Santos spilled a routine catch, allowing Demirovic to slice home.

Undav put his side in front 10 minutes before the break, wrong-footing the Frankfurt defence and blasting a low shot which took a thick deflection into the bottom corner.

Undav, who has nine goals and two assists in his past eight league games, forced two desperation saves from Santos and flashed just wide of the post in the second half.

Amaimouni-Echghouyab levelled things up just three minutes after coming on but his effort was bested by another debut goal minutes later, when Nartey tapped in from close range.

Elsewhere, the match between Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen was postponed just two hours before kick-off, the third Bundesliga game cancelled in the space of a week due to wild winter weather across northern Germany.

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