07.12.2016 14:34 h

Schubert under pressure at Gladbach

Andre Schubert is in danger of becoming the sixth Bundesliga coach fired this season with Borussia Moenchengladbach winless in their last eight games following their 4-0 trashing at Barcelona.

Gladbach are in freefall down the German league table, they are currently 13th -- five points from the relegation places -- and their last Bundesliga win was at the end of September.

Despite a string of changes, Barcelona strolled past Gladbach at the Camp Nou as Arda Turan netted a hat-trick in 17 second-half minutes while Lionel Messi scored his 10th Champions League goal of the season.

Director of sport Max Eberl says Gladbach's next three Bundesliga games, against bottom-half clubs Mainz, Augsburg and Wolfsburg matter more than the Barcelona defeat, but the lack of confidence is clear.

"Barcelona are not a team to use as a yardstick, they play no role in my evaluation," said Eberl.

"What matters for us is the next three Bundesliga games."

Gladbach finished the Champions League's pool games third in their group to progress to the knock-out stages of the Europa League.

But reversing the run of poor results and preserving their Bundesliga status is now top priority.

"We clearly have too few points," said Eberl, with Gladbach having taken 13 points from 13 league games.

"We all know we're lagging behind, we will try to change that."

A victory at Mainz on Sunday is now compulsory, a situation Schubert is all too mindful of.

The 45-year-old says the team is missing a leader, like Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka who was sold to Arsenal in the off season.

"A vocal leading player like Granit Xhaka is not there at he moment," said Schubert.

"We are in a points situation which causes unrest.

"We have to take the situation in hand and attack."

Schubert replaced Lucien Favre in September 2015 and impressively turned five straight Bundesliga defeats into a 10-match unbeaten run, guiding the team to fourth last season to qualify for the Champions League.

Now, he is currently the hot favourite to follow the fate of Norbert Meier, who was sacked by Darmstadt on Monday.

Viktor Skrypnyk (Werder Bremen), Bruno Labbadia (Hamburg), Dieter Hecking (Wolfsburg) and Markus Kauczinski (Ingolstadt) have all been dismissed by Bundesliga teams since September.