A goal from former Chelsea striker Timo Werner was not enough as Leipzig drew 2-2 at home to Cologne on Saturday.
Leipzig played most of the game with 10 men after Hungarian midfielder Dominic Soboszlai received a straight red card for a sore elbow from Florian Keynz just before halftime.
Werner gave Leipzig a 1-0 lead in the 36th minute when goalkeeper Marvin Schwabe sunk his long-range strike under his body and went across the line.
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Cologne equalized only four minutes later, but that’s when striker Florian Dietz dipped from close range to score his first Bundesliga goal.
French forward Christopher Nkunku gave the home team the lead in the 56th minute, but Cologne equalized in the 20th minute and Leipzig’s Josco Guardiol scored.
After the game, Werner stated that he was “too emotional” to return to Leipzig with “always a part of me”, although the side was disappointed with the result.
“2-2 is acceptable, but it is not satisfactory for our purpose (this season).”
Leipzig manager Domenico Tedesco praised his side’s resilience despite Cologne’s numerical advantage, saying “I think many teams would have lost that game today.”
Augsburg secured a 2-1 win over Bayern Leverkusen in the 82nd minute thanks to a late goal from Andre Hahn.
Leverkusen, looking to bounce back from a disappointing first-round loss to Borussia Dortmund, with Augsburg midfielder Fredrik Jensen scored his first Bundesliga goal of the season, fell early.
The home side bounced back in the shadow of halftime with Chile midfielder Charles Aranguez hitting several defenders and low strikes in the bottom corner of the net.
Augsburg, however, stole the lead in Hahn’s 82nd-minute strike to give his team their first win of the year.
Burke scores for Bremen
Werder was able to snatch a point late at home against Bremen Stuttgart via a 95th-minute goal from Scottish winger Oliver Burke.
Bremen’s Niklas Feulkrug and Marvin Daksh combined again to propel the home team up early, with Feulkrug on board in the fourth minute.
Stuttgart leveled in the 38th minute through Wataru Ando, before Sasa Kalajadzik dropped a perfect pass in the 77th minute on the way to Silas Katompa Mwampa to put his side 2–1, before Burke late for Bremen. Scored one point from
In the German capital, under pressure, Hertha Berlin roared against Eintracht Frankfurt from home blocks, with Suat Seder going in a cross from Dodi Lubacchio.
Frankfurt, who started their season with heavy defeats against Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the midweek Super Cup, came back just after half-time when Daiichi Kamada made a defensive mistake by Hertha to bring the score to 1-1. took advantage of
Frankfurt scored a late penalty on VAR and Hertha held on to score their first point of the season.
At Sinsheim, Hoffenheim came down 2–0 against an impressive Bochum to win 3–2.
Bochum’s Simon Zoller started the game strongly with goals in the 10th and 13th minutes before Hoffenheim’s Christoph Baumgartner scored for the home side in the 14th minute.
Former Liverpool defender Ozan Kabak equalized in the 23rd minute and smashed a header into the top left corner of the net for his first Hoffenheim goal.
Hoffenheim had a chance to take the lead in the 58th minute when they were awarded their first penalty of the Bundesliga season, but Bochum keeper Manuel Riemann saved the score well from Ledi Kramaric to keep the score 2–2.
The home team gave Munas Dabbar the lead in the 88th minute with a header and held on to their first win of the season.
In late Saturday’s game, Marius Bütler claimed a 2–2 draw against Borussia Moenchengladbach in the 90th minute for Schalke.
On Friday, Dortmund scored three goals in the last 15 minutes to register a 3-1 win at Freiburg.
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