However, rather than crumbling under the pressure, Eintracht Frankfurt has emerged stronger. The team currently sits in third place in the Bundesliga, behind only Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen, and is on course for a historic top-four finish. This would be the first time in the club's history that they have qualified for the Champions League.

Still the 21-year-old between the Eintracht Frankfurt posts was hardly the only reason that the visitors were bouncing with their supporters at the final whistle. They will return to Hesse knowing that they are in the ascendancy in the tie but that that could so easily have been whisked away from them.