FC Cologne

0-0-4, 0 PTS

Maximilian Philipp (2', 69')
Sokratis Papastathopoulos (45'+1')
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (59' Pen, 60')

Borussia Dortmund thrash Cologne 5-0 to go top

Updated: May 17, 2023, 05:41 am

Braces from Maximilian Philipp and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ensured Borussia Dortmund went to the top of the Bundesliga table as they beat Cologne 5-0 at Signal Iduna Park.

Dortmund are one of just three teams who still have unbeaten records in the German top-flight, and the margin of their success ensured they are now ahead of Hannover in the table on goal difference.

Philipp flashed a header from Andriy Yarmolenko into the Cologne net before Sokratis Papastathopoulos made it 2-0, with the help of the Video Assistant Referee, after he had initially been adjudged to have pushed Timo Horn before poking in to the net when the goalkeeper dropped the ball.

Aubameyang then scored twice in a minute, the first from the penalty spot, before Philipp added a fifth as Dortmund moved on to 10 points from their four fixtures so far, with Cologne remaining pointless having scored just one goal.

SIGNAL IDUNA PARK

5:00 PM, 17 September 2017

Dortmund, Germany

Attendance: 81,000

Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
Bayer Leverkusen	29	25	4	0	+55	79
Bayern Munich	29	20	3	6	+46	63
VfB Stuttgart	29	20	3	6	+33	63
RB Leipzig	29	17	5	7	+34	56
Borussia Dortmund	29	16	8	5	+23	56
Eintracht Frankfurt	29	10	12	7	+4	42
FC Augsburg	29	10	9	10	+1	39
SC Freiburg	29	11	6	12	-11	39
TSG Hoffenheim	29	10	6	13	-8	36
1. FC Heidenheim 1846	29	8	10	11	-8	34
Borussia Monchengladbach	29	7	10	12	-6	31
Werder Bremen	29	8	7	14	-13	31
1. FC Union Berlin	29	8	5	16	-20	29
VfL Wolfsburg	29	7	7	15	-16	28
VfL Bochum	29	5	12	12	-25	27
Mainz	29	5	11	13	-17	26
FC Cologne	29	4	10	15	-28	22
SV Darmstadt 98	29	2	8	19	-44	14

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