Point saved but liberation missed: Borussia Mönchengladbach is still on the spot in the Bundesliga relegation battle after a hard-earned draw against VfL Wolfsburg.

The two basement children separated in a fast-paced and turbulent encounter 2:2 (1:2) and continue to feel the direct competition in the neck.

Marcus Thuram (42nd) and substitute Breel Embolo (82nd) ​​gave Borussia at least one point a week after the 0: 6 debacle in Dortmund, the equalizer came after the red card against Maxence Lacroix (70th) in excess.

Jonas Wind (6th) and Sebastiaan Bornauw (33rd) gave the Wolves a 2-0 lead.

Lower Saxony and coach Florian Kohfeldt were able to live better with the point in the end, as they are further up the table from coach Adi Hütter's ailing Borussia.

After two minutes of silence - one for Gladbach's young professional Jordi Bongard, who died in an accident, another as a reaction to the war in Ukraine - the 10,000 spectators saw an extremely fast-paced basement duel.

Borussia could have taken the lead after 35 seconds through Thuram, but instead fell behind with the visitors' first chance.

The ball landed at Ridle Baku via Max Kruse, who had scored twice for his former employer Union Berlin just five weeks earlier in Borussia Park.

When he crossed in, world champion Matthias Ginter was far too far away from Wind, who scored his second goal in his fourth game for Wolfsburg.

After the early goal, the encounter continued to offer high entertainment value, which was also due to the numerous mistakes made by both teams.

The ice-cold Wolfsburg also used their second chance: Bornauw was allowed to head in after a corner in the six-yard box, again Ginter looked bad.

The former Kölner Bornauw then cheered exuberantly in front of the Gladbach curve, which annoyed goalkeeper Yann Sommer immensely and earned him a yellow card.

Thuram headed in just before the break – it was the Frenchman's first goal of the season.

After the change of sides, Borussia pushed for an equalizer in an open exchange of blows, Ginter failed at goalkeeper Koen Casteels (63rd).

Lacroix was the last man to see red after video evidence because of a handball, Gladbach threw everything forward and was rewarded with Embolo.

It was almost even better in stoppage time: Ginter scored the supposed 3:2.

But the referee was alerted by his video assistant to a possible foul by Patrick Herrmann before the goal in midfield.

After looking at the screen, Tobias Reichek didn't recognize the goal.