Football Bundesliga: RB Leipzig continues triumphal march against Cologne

It was the first game that denied the 1. FC Cologne with his new coach Markus Gisdol and the new sports director Horst Heldt - but the hoped-for change in the Bundesliga remained for the club still pending. At RB Leipzig, there was a clear 1: 4 (1: 3) - defeat for the Cologne, who remain on the penultimate place in the table.

RB Leipzig, however, is really not a construction opponent, the team of Julian Nagelsmann had won the four past games, and accordingly they set off in front of home crowd. The first half was spectacular with four goals. Also because the Cologne invited the hosts to the gates.

Before the first goal Jonas Hector gambled the ball on his own penalty area, Christopher Nkunku, who represented the ailing Yussuf Poulsen, took the ball from him, played inside, Timo Werner sank with his 12th goal of the season to 1: 0 (22 minutes) , It was the 200th Bundesliga match of the 23-year-old national player, no one else has played so many games in the history of the league so young.

Leipzig now second again

Before the second goal, a Cologne defender brought the conspicuous Nkunku unnecessary in the box to case, Emil Forsberg certainly turned to 2: 0 (32). When Konrad Laimer scored in the 37th minute with a long-range shot to make it 3-0, the match seemed to be over. However, two minutes later Rafael Czichos reduced his header to a 1: 3 (39 '). It was the only Cologne scoring opportunity in the first half.

So at least a little tension remained for the second half - this promise was not fulfilled. RB dominated the game almost at will, without showing the last effort, the Champions League in the middle of the week maybe already in the back of his mind. The people of Cologne, for their part, intensified their efforts, but were too harmless to put the Leipzig victory seriously at risk. With Emil Forsberg's directly converted free kick to 4: 1 ten minutes before the end of the game was then decided (79).

With the success RB jumped to second place in the table, thanks to the goal difference even before Bayern, with only one point behind Borussia Mönchengladbach.

RB Leipzig - 1. FC Cologne 4: 1 (3: 1)
1: 0 Werner (22)
2: 0 Forsberg (32nd penalty)
3: 0 Laimer (35.)
3: 1 Czichos (37th)
4: 1 Forsberg (79.)
Leipzig: Gulacsi - Klostermann, Upamecano, Ilsanker, Halstenberg (82nd Saracchi) - Demme, Laimer - Sabitzer, Nkunku (76th Schick), Forsberg (80th Haidara) - Werner.
Cologne: Horn - Ehizibue, Bornauw, Czichos, Hector - Skhiri (46th Kainz), Höger (70th Terodde), Verstraete - Schindler (59th cracks), Modeste, Jakobs.
Referee: Schroeder
Spectators: 42,036
Yellow cards: - Kainz, Verstraete (2), Terodde (4)