Last season's runners-up Borussia Dortmund dropped to last place in the Bundesliga on Sunday after their 2-0 loss at Eintracht Frankfurt as VfL Wolfsburg tightened their hold on second spot.
Beleaguered Dortmund hit the woodwork and wasted a bagful of chances in a largely one-sided game but could do nothing to come back from a fifth-minute goal by Bundesliga top scorer Alexander Meier, who took his tally to eight.
Defensive mistakes, with central defenders Mats Hummels and Sokratis Papastathopoulos still out injured, proved costly with Frankfurt's second goal gifted by Germany international Matthias Ginter.
"We had plenty of chances, no doubt about it. But we did not use them," Klopp told reporters. "We face a huge challenge now. As for the second goal, that belongs to our own cabinet of curiosities. Our opponents did not have to do much."
Dortmund instantly took control after Meier's opener but missed chance after chance with Henrikh Mkhitaryan failing twice to score from a clear position.
Robin Knoche scored in the 12th minute, after Gladbach failed to clear a corner, to secure Wolfsburg's seventh win in the last eight league games that moved them to 26 points, seven behind Bayern, who edged past Hertha Berlin 1-0 on Saturday.
Gladbach had a lot of possession but hosts Wolfsburg were far more dangerous, repeatedly catching the visitors off guard with quick breaks.
Gladbach, who had a golden chance to level in stoppage time from a goalmouth scramble, dropped to fifth on 20 points after their third straight loss following a good start to the season.
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