Kick-off in Bochum's Bundesliga game with Eintracht Frankfurt was delayed by 50 minutes on Sunday after away fans - for a third game there in two years - refused to remove a banner which covered an emergency exit.

A dispute over fan banners blocking emergency exits caused kickoff to be delayed by more than half an hour in a German Bundesliga game between Bochum and Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday. The referee sent both teams back to the locker rooms after attempts to persuade visiting Frankfurt fans to remove the banners from certain areas of the security fence failed.

Eintracht Frankfurt withstood a 50-minute delay caused by their fans to consolidate fourth spot in the Bundesliga with a 3-1 win at third-bottom Bochum on Sunday. Rasmus Kristensen opened the scoring on 27 minutes after his initial effort was saved by Timo Horn and Jean-Mattéo Bahoya soon netted his first Bundesliga goal from Hugo Ekitiké's pass.