"Gladbach" lost important points in the German championship (VIDEO) © EuroFootball.com

Ambitious Menchengladbach's "Borussia" team's expectations of fighting for the German champion title suffered a blow on Friday - at home they only managed a 1-1 draw with "Hamburg".

The hosts took the lead after Mike Hanke scored a goal right before the end of the first half, but after the break Tolgay Arslan restored the balance.

"Gladbach" is in second place in the league table, two points behind the leader Dortmund's "Borussia" and level on points with third-placed Munich's "Bayern".

Menchengladbach's "Borussia" 1 - 1 "Hamburg" 45' [1 - 0] M. Hanke 56' [1 - 1] T. Arslan