Hamburg eases relegation pressure as Gronbaek inspires Gladbach victory

Berln, Nov 7 (UNI) Hamburger SV defeated 10-man Borussia Monchengladbach 3-1 in the Bundesliga, with Albert Gronbaek scoring once and setting up another. Both sides approached the ninth-round encounter aggressively, with Shuto Machino narrowly missing the target for Gladbach before Hamburg's Patson Daka was denied by goalkeeper Daniel Batz. Hamburg broke the deadlock in the 11th minute when Miro Muheim collected Albert Sambi Lokonga's pass and unleashed a powerful strike from 30 meters into the bottom corner on Friday. The hosts maintained their attacking momentum, but Batz produced important saves against Alexandre Moller Wolfe, while Gladbach threatened through Ko Itakura…