Dortmund 4 Schalke 4: Fan fury as hosts collapse after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang red card and throw away four-goal lead

SCHALKE 04 defender Naldo rose high to score an injury-time equaliser as they roared from 4-0 down at halftime.

They completed an astonishing comeback to snatch a 4-4 draw at Ruhr valley rivals Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Dortmund had scored four times in 13 minutes in the first half but they saw their lead evaporate as Schalke, who had won four of their five league games before Saturday refused to surrender.

Dortmund's top striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was sent off in the second half for a second yellow card offence after he had scored one goal and set up another.

It was the 96th league goal for the Gabon international, equalling the record for most goals scored in the league by an African player.

Initially, Dortmund had looked nothing like the team that had lost four of their five previous league games.

They shocked the visitors, who had started the game in second place following four wins in their own five previous matches, with Aubameyang's 12th minute strike.

Much worse was to come with Schalke defender Benjamin Stambouli spectacularly volleying an own goal in the 18th minute before Mario Goetze headed in an Aubameyang cross two minutes later.

With Schalke players in complete shock, Raphael Guerreiro completed their first half onslaught with a fine volley in the 25th.

But the Royal Blues came back after the break, cutting the deficit with Guido Burgstaller's looping header and a fine effort from Amine Harit, who later limped off injured, leaving his own team with ten.

Daniel Caligiuri's 86th-minute left-footed missile set up a frantic finale and Brazilian Naldo earned the point with his stoppage time header.

The result put Schalke on 24 points in third, with Dortmund, without a win since September, on 21 in fourth.

Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich suffered their first defeat since Jupp Heynckes returned as head coach when they fell to a 2-1 loss at Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Before losing at Gladbach, Bayern had won all nine games since Heynckes, 72, took over for his fourth stint at the club in October in the wake of Carlo Ancelotti's dismissal.

It was an unhappy return for Heynckes to Moenchengladbach, where he spent most of his playing career and where his family home is.

"We didn't invest enough in the first half," admitted Heynckes.

"We played too slowly and didn't find our rhythm, so we have to put the defeat down to the first half.

"We were better after the break, but Gladbach were clever in defence."