After the next bitter setback, Hertha BSC is teetering on relegation from the Bundesliga.

Berliners who were far too prone to errors lost 1: 4 (0: 1) after a poor performance against Eintracht Frankfurt.

The team of coach Tayfun Korkut, who recently received a job guarantee, is still without a win in 2021 and is still in relegation rank 16. Ansgar Knauff (17th minute), Tuta (48th), Jesper Lindström (56th) and Rafael Borre (63rd) secured the Hessians their first success after three defeats in a row without their own goal.

Davie Selke (61st) scored for Hertha.

For the Berliners, who are two points behind 15th place with 23 points, things won't get any easier in the next few weeks.

After eight league games without a win, the next three opponents are Borussia Mönchengladbach, TSG Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen.

In front of 25,000 spectators in the Olympic Stadium, both teams tried to make amends for their recent performances, it had been announced.

"We are in a situation that is dangerous but not hopeless," said Hertha's sporting director Fredi Bobic.

Eintracht coach Oliver Glasner wanted to “turn the tide”.

And the guests were the more active team.

Again and again the Frankfurt came behind the lines of the Berlin, which were rarely safe.

Hertha goalkeeper Marcel Lotka (15th), who after his strong debut in the 0: 3 at SC Freiburg again represented Alexander Schwolow (Corona), saved.

After a positional error by Berlin captain Dedryck Boyata, the German Pole just about took the ball off the foot of the onrushing Lindström in the penalty area.

The hosts were extremely vulnerable defensively, and through bad passes in the build-up they offered Frankfurt several chances.

At the same time, Korkut, who had set up Suat Serdar almost level with striker Stevan Jovetic, didn't see a single major chance of their own in the first half - the spectators acknowledged this with a whistle at the break.

However, things didn't get much better after half-time.

Tuta pushed the ball over the line after a clear corner kick before Lotka made a serious mistake.

The keeper rushed out of his box after a long shot from Frankfurt and cleared right at Lindstrom's feet, who lobbed the ball into the goal from more than 30 yards.

After that, the cheering over the beautiful volley goal of substitute Selke lasted only briefly - almost directly in return, Borre restored the old distance.

The Berlin audience sang ironically: "Oh, how beautiful that is."