Schalke 04 2 : 2 Eintracht Frankfurt - Draxler salvages point for Schalke

Schalke came from two goals down to draw 2-2 at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in a game which saw three players sent off.

Alexander Meier marked his first Bundesliga start of the season by opening the scoring for the visitors, and Marco Russ extended their lead midway through the first half.

A questionable penalty, converted by Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, brought the Royal Blues back into the game just before half-time, though, and Julian Draxler headed them level five minutes after the break.

Schalke then lost Kevin-Prince Boateng to a second yellow card before Draxler was given his marching orders with a straight red.

Frankfurt could not take advantage of their two extra men, and that became only one for the closing minutes when Slobodan Medejovic was dismissed for a second bookable offence.

Meier was in the Frankfurt starting XI for the first time this term, and he was soon celebrating his first goal of the campaign too.

The attacking midfielder - the Eagles' top scorer in two of the previous three seasons - showed he has not lost his eye for goal, scoring from an almost impossible angle after Ralf Fahrmann, at full stretch, had prevented an own goal from Boateng.

Less than 10 minutes later, the Arena AufSchalke fell silent when Russ dispossessed Boateng on the right and powered his way past Christian Fuchs before curling a shot with the outside of his right foot unstoppably into the far corner.

Max Meyer's shot took a lick of paint off the outside of the far post, but there had been very little to see from Schalke until a controversial penalty decision handed them a route back into the game.

Draxler's pull-ball struck the arm of Medojevic as he was going to ground and Choupo-Moting stepped up to despatch his second penalty of the season five minutes before the interval.

That saved Schalke from too much heckling on their way back to the dressing room at half-time, and then, five minutes after the restart, they got back on level terms.

Choupo-Moting was the provider with a cross from the right which Draxler headed in from close range, much to coach Jens Keller's relief.

The game was then defined by cards, with the referee showing a second yellow to Boateng and a straight red to Draxler when he kicked out at Carlos Zambrano on the ground.

With five minutes to go, Medejovic joined the Schalke pair in the dressing room, earning his second caution - his first having come for the unavoidable handball which led to the visitors' penalty.