30.08.2014 18:00 h

Leverkusen battle back against Hertha

Bayer Leverkusen moved top of the Bundesliga on Saturday after twice coming from behind to beat Hertha Berlin 4-2.

Following their impressive win at Dortmund last week, Leverkusen managed to make it two wins from two thanks to late goals from Julian Brandt and Karim Bellarabi.

Tim Jedvaj turned into his own net as visitors Hertha took the lead midway through the first half but the Croatian defender made amends when he levelled on 50 minutes.

Hertha made it 2-1 on the hour when Julian Schieber nodded in his third goal of the campaign but two minutes later Emir Spahic headed home from a free-kick.

Brandt then smashed home with 16 minutes left after Karim Bellarabi struck the bar. Bellarabi, who scored the fastest goal in Bundesliga history last week, rounded off the scoring with a beautiful volley into the corner.

Paderborn earned their first win in the Bundesliga with an impressive 3-0 win at Hamburg.

Elias Kachunga pounced on the rebound for his second goal in as many weeks after 29 minutes and the midfielder had another disallowed for offside before half-time.

Hamburg's Pierre-Michel Lasogga went close to an equaliser before Mirko Vrancic gave Paderborn a two-goal cushion with 21 minutes left after intercepting a pass and rounding Hamburg keeper Rene Adler.

Moritz Stoppelkampf added a third late on meaning that - including last season's relegation play-offs - Hamburg have now failed to win their last nine league matches.

Cologne also got their first win since returning to the top flight by beating Stuttgart 2-0.

Japanese forward Yuya Ozako put the away team ahead after 22 minutes when he headed in from close range.

Things got worse for Stuttgart on 33 minutes when Antonio Ruediger, who has just been called up to the Germany squad, badly misjudged a long ball.

His weak header back into the centre sat up perfectly for Anthony Ujah, who thumped a volley into the net from outside the penalty area.

Hoffenheim meanwhile were unable to keep pace with Leverkusen after they were pegged back in a 1-1 draw at Werder Bremen.

Brazilian attacker Roberto Firmino put Hoffenheim in front after 19 minutes but Alejandro Galvez equalised for the home team with 30 minutes left.

Vfl Wolfsburg are still waiting on their first victory after being held to a 2-2 draw by visitors Eintracht Frankfurt.

Club captain Naldo got Wolfsburg on their way in the first half but the visitors drew level when Takashi Inui's free-kick deflected in off former Eintracht full-back Sebastian Jung.

Maximilian Arnold's fine strike looked to have secured all three points for Wolfsburg but Czech forward Vaclav Kadlec's struck a minute after coming on as a substitute to preserve Eintracht's unbeaten start to the season.

On Friday, Borussia Dortmund held off a late comeback to win 3-2 in Augsburg for their first win of the season.