Cologne’s fashions hit twice, Leverkusen gambled away the victory
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Cologne’s double scorer Anthony Modeste (left) in a duel with Jeremie Frimpong
What: REUTERS
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A week after losing to Bayern, Leverkusen can’t get past a draw in Cologne. Bayer looks like the sure winner for a long time, but then Anthony Modeste strikes. Union Berlin also gambled away the victory in Stuttgart.
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Bayer Leverkusen obviously did not take the heavy defeat against FC Bayern well. A week after the 1: 5, the Werkself gambled away a victory they believed to be safe and did not get past a 2: 2 (2: 0) at 1.FC Köln. Anthony Modeste secured Cologne with a brace in the second half.
Leverkusen took advantage of the first good chance to take the lead. Patrik Schick closed a counterattack over Robert Andrich and Moussa Diaby to make it 1-0 in the 15th minute. Only two minutes later, Karim Bellarabi was on the spot and hit the ball after a strong advance by Robert Andrich from close distance to 2-0 for the guests over the line. Cologne were impressed by the two goals they conceded within 100 seconds. Leverkusen almost increased it before the break, but Jeremie Frimpong’s shot only landed on the crossbar of the Cologne goal (25th).
Cologne as a felt winner
After the break, Cologne intensified its offensive efforts. With success: Anthony Modeste shortened to 1: 2 (63rd) after a cross from Florian Kainz. Angry attacks by the Baumgart team followed, but the team always failed on the last pass. The hosts needed a mistake by Leverkusen to compensate. After a throw-in, Odilon Kossounou left Modeste unguarded. This took revenge, the striker headed a deserved compensation (82nd). It was almost enough for Cologne to win, but the substitute Sebastian Anderson failed in stoppage time with his header against Leverkusen’s goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky.
A week after the defeat against Bayern Leverkusen again showed nerves and left important points on the way to the Champions League. Cologne showed a strong response after the hefty 5-0 defeat in Hoffenheim and left the pitch as what felt like the winner.
VfB Stuttgart – Union Berlin 1: 1
The staff-troubled VfB Stuttgart prevented 1. FC Union Berlin from jumping to a Champions League place when they were outnumbered. Thanks to a late goal by substitute Wahid Faghir, VfB managed to score 1: 1 (0: 1) against the Berlin team, who had previously won the Bundesliga three times. Taiwo Awoniyi (31st) had put the guests in the lead with his seventh goal of the season.
When VfB midfielder Atakan Karazor saw the yellow card twice within a few seconds in the 57th minute and had to leave the field, everything seemed to amount to a Union victory. But then Faghir struck for the Stuttgart.
VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0
With the second victory in a row, VfL Bochum has moved a bit away from the danger zone for the time being. The newcomer won 2-0 (1-0) at home against Eintracht Frankfurt and is now 14th with ten points. The goals were scored by Danny Blum (3rd minute) and Sebastian Polter (90 + 2).
The Frankfurters occupy 15th place with eight points and still only one win of the season. Three days after beating Olympiacos in the Europa League, it was the next setback for the Hessians. Goncalo Paciencia failed in the twelfth minute with a hand penalty to VfL goalkeeper Manuel Riemann.
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