Schalke paid the cost for missing an early penalty as they endured a second thrashing of the Bundesliga season at home to Hertha Berlin on Sunday.
Daniel Caligiuri missed from the spot in the thirteenth moment after a meeting safeguard was rebuffed for handball following the intercession of VAR, with Hertha leading the pack through Ondrej Duda only two minutes after the fact.
A hopeless evening for last season’s sprinters up was finished in damage time when Yevhen Konoplyanka was sent off for cutting down Dennis Jastrzembski simply outside the region.
Duda ventured up to take the subsequent free-kick and twisted it radiantly into the best corner to allow Hertha a second win of the season which sees them level on focuses with Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg at the highest point of the table.
Schalke are one of four groups yet to win a point after RB Leipzig and Fortuna Dusseldorf got their first of the season with a 1-1 draw at the Red Bull Arena.
Matthias Zimmermann gave the guests the lead two minutes into the second half, yet Jean-Kevin Augustin evened out halfway during that time period when he beat the offside trap before lifting the ball over goalkeeper Michael Rensing.
