 The mentioned injury hampered his scoring spree slightly for just the then next season.During 1983–84 he was back on top of Mönchengladbach's scoring, firing nineteen goals past opposite goalkeepers in the Bundesliga.Missing out on the Bundesliga title with his club just on the final day and only on goal difference, the striker had to deal with a second major blow as Mönchengladbach also lost the DFB-Pokal final that summer, on penalties against Bayern Munich (with his Bayern Munich-bound team-mate Lothar Matthäus failing to score from the spot in the shoot-out).