Werder Bremen's Clemens Fritz and Alexander Meier of Eintracht Frankfurt produced memorable individual displays in victories over Schalke and Wolfsburg respectively on Sunday.
The Bremen captain marked his 300th Bundesliga appearance by scoring and providing two assists in a 3-1 win, while Meier completed a hat-trick in injury time as Frankfurt triumphed 3-2.
Joel Matip gave Schalke the lead inside four minutes at the Veltins-Arena with a looping header, but Andre Breitenreiter's side were unable to build upon the advantage and Fritz equalised two minutes before the interval with a brilliant strike from 25 yards – his first top-flight goal since August 2011.
Things did not start out well for Armin Veh's side - they were whistled off at half-time at the Commerzbank Arena after going behind to Dante's back-post strike midway through the first half.
However, Meier turned things around, rifling home his first shot of the afternoon from Stefan Aigner's knock-down before putting the hosts ahead with his second in the 73rd minute.
Andre Schurrle restored parity with his first Bundesliga goal of the season six minutes later but Meier struck at the death, pouncing on the ball after Naldo failed to deal with a cross from Marco Fabian – the Mexican enjoying an impressive debut - and sending his side up to 13th position with three valuable points.
