in March before dropping a majority decision in an August rematch

BERLIN -- Struggling Borussia Moenchengladbach ended its eight-game winless run in the Bundesliga with a labored 1-0 win over visiting Mainz on Sunday.Danish defender Andreas Christensens late goal was enough for `Gladbachs first win since the 2-0 victory over Ingolstadt on Sept. 24, though the side was fortunate not to concede an equalizer when Pablo de Blasis 89th-minute strike was ruled out.Altogether the win was a little lucky, though not undeserved. It wasnt a good game, but a very broken one, `Gladbach captain Lars Stindl said.There were whistles from some home fans at the break after a first half in which Mainz had a penalty appeal with Tobias Strobl blocking Gaetan Bussmanns header with his hand, and Karim Onisiwo had two good chances.`Gladbachs players looked unsettled and short of confidence. Too many passes failed to find their intended target, too many touches failed to have the desired outcome.Raffael might have opened the scoring after the break when facing just once defender but again the Brazilian was let down by his touch. Likewise Mahmoud Dahoud, Stindl and others appeared to be off their games.It seemed the only way `Gladbach could manage to score was in a scramble or through a deflection and so it proved with a quarter-hour remaining when Christensen scooped the ball home after Stindls initial effort from a corner was blocked.Mainz players were left fuming when De Blasis effort was ruled out, apparently because referee Robert Hartmann thought Yann Sommers hand was on the ball before the substitute prodded it in.There was still time for Mainz midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin to be sent off with his second yellow card and for Dahoud to miss an easy chance to make it 2-0 in injury time.In the last home games we created many more clear goal chances and would have deserved the victory more. 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