Three second half goals saw Cologne come from behind to defeat Borussia Dortmund and pick up their first home win of the season in the Bundesliga. After failing to win their previous two matches, the superb home result sees the Billy Goats remain well within the top-four race. Dortmund threatened from the off, but were wasteful in front of goal. While they perhaps should have been two or three goals ahead within fifteen minutes, it took until the half-hour mark for the visitors to finally get on the scoresheet. Captaining the side for the first time in his career, Jude Bellingham slipped in Julian Brandt who coolly slotted home for the opener on day. Despite taking the lead, the visitors would be made to pay for their continued wastefulness in the final third.Dortmund dancing through the Koln defense for their first goal 💫 pic.twitter.com/g1dDlXsWS2— ESPN+ (@ESPNPlus) October 1, 2022 It only took ten minutes for Cologne to claw their way back into the proceedings after the break. A superb attacking move down the left-wing was capped off by Florian Kainz getting on the end of an inch-perfect Linton Maina cross to stab home from point-blank range. It quickly went from bad to worse for the visitors as Stefan Tigges headed in Cologne’s second on the day only minutes later to take the lead in dramatic fashion.The hosts all but wrapped up the three points with another quality move down the left-hand side, and after being played in space centrally, Dejan Ljubicic sent his curling effort past the outstretched hand of the keeper and into the side of the net to double the Cologne lead with twenty minutes remaining. Thanks to a Tom Rothe cross taking a massive deflection and looping into the net, Dortmund cut the deficit in half. But it was too little too late for Die Schwarzgelben, who dropped all three points for a second time in three matches.Elsewhere, RB Leipzig returned to winning ways in style by thrashing Bochum at the Red Bull Arena. Timo Werner netted a brace to become the first player to score 100 goals in the club’s relatively short history.The international break may have come at the perfect time for Marco Rose’s men, with the new manager overseeing consecutive losses without scoring. Bochum represented perhaps the perfect opposition, still yet to win a game and propping up the Bundesliga table. Die Roten Bullen flew out of the traps to heap the pressure on, as Werner hit the post with a sharply-taken early chance.The Germany international clearly had his eye in and made no mistake with his second chance, seizing on a loose ball in the final third before expertly placing his finish into the top corner. Soon afterwards, Christopher Nkunku won himself a penalty having been tripped by Jannes Horn inside the area. The Frenchman assumed responsibility and dispatched from 12 yards, ending a five-game scoring drought and doubling the lead.Bochum had been blitzed in the first half, registering no shots on goal while enjoying just 27% possession, so it perhaps wasn’t surprising to see three substitutions made at the interval. Unfortunately, for new manager Thomas Letsch, very little changed and Leipzig were soon three ahead. Kevin Kampl picked out André Silva with a lofted ball in behind, but the Portugal forward could only hit the post. Luckily for him, the first man to respond was Werner, who reacted smartly to net his second of the contest.The suffering wasn’t over there for Die Unabsteigbaren, with another penalty given Leipzig’s way after Cristian Gamboa fouled Marcel Halstenberg inside the area. No quarter given to the possibility of Werner completing a hat-trick, Nkunku stepped up and uncharacteristically missed the target, rifling his spot-kick off the post. Not dismayed, the Frenchman did find the net in the closing stages, slotting past Manuel Riemann to register a brace in this fixture for the second consecutive season.A much-needed win for Leipzig temporarily returns them to the top half of the Bundesliga table, while maintaining their unbeaten record on home soil so far this term. Meanwhile, a seventh loss from their opening eight games leaves Bochum well adrift at the bottom, with confidence among the camp surely at an all-time low.BUNDESLIGA – ROUND 8FridayBayern Munich – Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 (3-0)/Sane 3, Musiala 17, Mane 39, Muller 84/SaturdayEintracht Frankfurt – Union Berlin 2-0 (2-0)/Gotze 12, Lindstrom 42/Koln – Borussia Dortmund 3-2 (0-1)/Kainz 53, Tigges 56 – Brandt 31/Freiburg – Mainz 2-1 (2-0)/Gregoritsch 3, Kyereh 37, Ljubicic 71 – Martin 52, Schmitz 78 og/RB Leipzig – Bochum 4-0 (2-0)/Werner 15, 53, Nkunku 23 pen, 85/Wolfsburg – Stuttgart 3-2 (2-2)/Marmoush 23, Arnold 38, Gerhardt 90+1 – Guirassy 22, Mavropanos 45+1/19:30: (2.75) Werder (3.50) M’ gladbach (2.65)Sunday16:30: (2.95) Hertha (3.50) Hoffenheim (2.55)18:30: (2.10) Schalke (3.50) Augsburg (3.80)***odds are subject to change***
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