Hamburg 3-2 Bayer Leverkusen
Köln 0-3 Bayern Munich
Borussia Dortmund 3-3 Schalke
Werder Bremen 3-0 Energie Cottbus
Hoffenheim 0-0 Stuttgart
Hertha Berlin 2-2 Wolfsburg
Hamburg 3-2 Bayer Leverkusen
For the second league game in a row, Martin Jol’s Hamburg were forced to come back from a two-goal deficit to win.
With just four minutes on the clock, Leverkusen took the lead at the HSH Nordbank Arena. A misplaced pass in midfield from HSV saw Helmes through on goal. His run took him a little wide, but his cross into the six yard box found the head of Kießling. His effort struck the post however, but Tranquillo Barnetta reacted the quickest to fire the ball home.
The second goal of the game arrived on 24 minutes and it was again the visitors who scored it. A perfect counter attack was crowned with a goal from Patrick Helmes after strike partner Stefan Kießling played him in with a sublime pass. The German international kept his nerve to lift the ball coolly over the advancing keeper Rost.
Then nine minutes before the break, Hamburg pulled a goal back from a set-piece situation. Piotr Trochowski sent in a perfectly flighted free kick from the right after Djakpa had been adjudged to have handled. Paulo Guerrero was in the right place in the six yard box to head home with little challenge from a Bayer defender.
The fist half action hotted up even more on 40 minutes when Leverkusen defender Manuel Friedrich was sent off for a second bookable offence. Both yellow cards were largely merited and the referee looked to be explaining to Friedrich that he had little choice but to send him off.
The second half saw the fight back completed with further goals from Croatians Ivica Olic and Mladen Petric.
Köln 0-3 Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich produced a good second half performance to beat a Köln side that showed a little too much respect to their opponents.
A rather poor first half finished goalless inside the Rhein-Energie Stadion, but Bayern woke up in the second half. Eight minutes into the second period last season’s top scorer Luca Toni opened his account for the season.
Bastian Schweinsteiger sent in a free kick to the centre where Toni out jumped Pedro Geromel to power a header past Mondragon in the Köln goal. Four minutes later and Jürgen Klinsmann sent on Lukas Podolski to face his old club for Miroslav Klose.
The ex-Köln man was quickly into the action and helped set up Bayern’s second on the hour mark. Poldi sent Zé Roberto through and his ball saw Luca Toni turn superbly to fire home his second of the game.
Podolski, who is still being linked with an exit from the Bavarian club, sealed the three points with a goal in injury time. Toni and Zé Roberto had both missed good chances before old boy Podolski fired home after 91 minutes.
Borussia Dortmund 3-3 Schalke
The first Ruhr derby of the season produced six goals and a tremendous fight back from hosts Borussia Dortmund who found themselves 3-0 down at one stage.
The Revier-derby took place under perfect footballing conditions at the Signal Iduna Park and both sides began with attacking intent but it was the visitors from Gelsenkirchen who took the lead after 19 minutes. BVB defender Neven Subotic, who has been highly impressive so far this season, handled the ball in the area as he looked to challenge Kevin Kuranyi and Peruvian Jefferson Farfan converted clinically from the spot.
Six minutes before the half time interval and the lead was doubled by Schalke as Rafinha scored their second of the afternoon. Heiko Westermann latched onto a loose ball from Kehl before playing in the advancing Rafinha. The Brazilian fullback converted with a shot that left Roman Weidenfeller no chance.
The derby went from bad to worse for Dortmund on 54 with Schalke bagging a third goal through the highly impressive Heiko Westermann. Fabian Ernst crossed from the right to the far post where Weidenfeller was unable to properly clear the ball under a challenge from Kuranyi. The ball landed in the six-yard box where Westermann was on hand to outjump Subotic and head in the Königsblauen’s third goal of the afternoon.
On 67 minutes Neven Subotic, who had had a hand in two of Schalke’s goals made partial amends with headed goal following a Frei corner. That goal prompted a magnificent comeback from the home side.
Three minutes later and Frei got his name on the score sheet firing home after good work from Tinga. The Swiss forward looked offside but the goal stood. Christian Pander then saw red on 73 minutes for a second yellow card before team mate Fabian Ernst followed him into the dressing room on 76 after receiving a straight red for a foul on Blaszczykowski.
The action wasn’t over there though as Dortmund scored their equaliser with a minute left from the penalty spot after Krstajic was adjudged to have handled in the area. Alex Frei stepped up to secure a point with his second of the game.
Werder Bremen 3-0 Energie Cottbus
Werder grabbed their first win of the season with a 3-0 victory over struggling Energie Cottbus.
It took 75 minutes for Thomas Schaaf’s side to find a way past a resolute Cottbus side, but then three goals arrived in quick succession. Diego opened the scoring with fifteen minutes remaining after being fed by Mesut Özil. The Brazilian beat Gerhard Tremmel with a right foot shot into the top right corner.
Five minutes later and their lead was doubled through Torsten Frings. Cvitanovic cleared the ball only as far as Frings, who hammered the ball in from 20 meters with an unstoppable effort.
The three points were well and truly sealed three minutes later when Boubacar Sanogo scored his first of the season. Per Mertesacker laid the ball into the Ivorian’s path and the substitute took his chance well albeit from a suspicious offside position.
Hoffenheim 0-0 Stuttgart
The Baden-Württemburg derby ended all-square with Hoffenheim and VfB Stuttgart playing out a 0-0 draw. The first Bundesliga meeting between the two rivals ended deservedly in a point apiece after a game lacking in sparkle.
The 2007 Bundesliga champions have to thank keeper Jens Lehmann for keeping them in the game after he produced a fabulous late save.
Hertha Berlin 2-2 Wolfsburg
Hertha Berlin and Wolfsburg were not to be separated after 90 minutes at the Olympiastadion after a late Sascha Riether goal ended an exciting game.
Wolfsburg dominated for large spells but did not convert the chances that came their way and were made to pay in the end. The ‘Old Lady’ looked to have punished them before Riether’s late goal.
Felix Magath’s side got off to the perfect start inside the Olympiastadion with a goal in the very first minute of the match. Grafite was denied by Drobny with the first attack of the game and had to settle for a corner. The resulting corner from the right saw Misimovic cross into the six-yard box where defender Ricardo Costa beat both Marc Stein and Cicero to the ball to head in from six meters.
Hertha equalised on 57 through Kacar after the Serb headed home a free kick from Patrick Ebert. The hosts then took the lead on 64 after Marko Pantelic converted from the penalty spot following a handball.
However with a home win looking on the cards, Sascha Riether popped up in the 90th minute to score after good combination play from Misimovic and Dzeko.
source: goal.com
