BERLIN - Substitute Joel Pohjanpalo scored a stunning second-half hat-trick as Bayer Leverkusen roared back to beat Hamburg 3-1 in the Bundesliga on Saturday, while Borussia Moenchengladbach slumped to defeat at promoted Freiburg. The 21-year-old, who scored on his Bundesliga debut last month, equalised for Leverkusen within seven minutes of his arrival, but was far from done as he netted twice more in stoppage time to hand Roger Schmidt's side their first points of the season. Wolfsburg laboured to a 0-0 draw at home to Cologne, who were playing without injured goalkeeper Timo Horn, while Hertha Berlin picked up a second straight win as they defeated Ingolstadt through goals from Vedad Ibisevic and Julian Schieber. Sandro Sirigu grabbed last-minute winner for Darmstadt in a 1-0 home victory over Eintracht Frankfurt, while Borussia Dortmund head to RB Leipzig in Saturday's late game. On Friday, Robert Lewandowski and Joshua Kimmich struck late goals in Bayern Munich's 2-0 win at Schalke as teenage Portugal star Renato Sanches made his debut for the Bavarian giants.

Source: Bangkok Post September 10, 2016 16:41 UTC