Borussia Monchengladbach remain firmly in the Bundesliga's top three after securing a comfortable 2-0 win against SC Paderborn in this afternoon's clash at Borussia-Park.
The visitors were quickest out of the starting blocks when Moritz Stoppelkamp's cross into the box fell to Alban Meha, who glanced his header just over.
Paderborn continued their forays into Monchengladbach's final third, threatening through Marvin Bakalorz and Srdjan Lakic.
The hosts, however, grew into the game and by the quarter-hour mark the pendulum had swung, culminating in the opener on 18 minutes as Fabian Johnson lashed a shot into the bottom-left corner of the net from outside the box.
Save for a Meha free kick minutes after the restart, it was all one-way traffic for a while as the Foals asserted themselves onto the visitors.
Paderborn upped their tempo towards the end of the first half, but could not find an equaliser despite continuing to pushing forward after the break.
It would ultimately be to no avail as Monchengladbach struck a second with eight minutes to go in the game, with Patrick Herrmann marauding into the box and slotting home to keep his side hot on the tails of Wolfsburg.
Giuseppe Labellarte
