Bundesliga wrap: Hertha hits four at woeful Werder
Hertha Berlin's new-signing Jhon Cordoba scored on his debut in a 4-1 away romp at Werder Bremen as the ambitious capital city club threw down an early marker in the Bundesliga.
In front of 8500 in Bremen, Hertha defender Peter Pekarik and Belgian-born winger Dodi Lukebakio scored quick-fire goals at the end of the first half to leave Werder 2-0 down at the break and the hosts were whistled off the pitch by their own fans.
Colombia striker Cordoba, signed from Cologne in mid-week, came on to start the move which Brazil Under-23 forward Matheus Cunha finished as Hertha went 3-0 up with an hour gone.
Davie Selke scored Bremen's second-half consolation goal before Cordoba capped his debut by tucking home Hertha's fourth goal on 90 minutes.
Just like Bayern, Cologne also had to play behind closed doors because of a rising rate of coronavirus infections for its 3-2 home defeat to Hoffenheim, for which Andrej Kramaric scored a hat-trick.
The Croatia striker put the visitors ahead after three minutes – capitalising on a mix-up in defence – netted a penalty and smashed home the winning goal in stoppage-time after Cologne had launched a late fightback.
In the capital, playmaker Michael Gregoritsch and winger Andre Hahn scored late goals as Augsburg beat hosts Union Berlin 3-1 in front of 4600 fans.
Newly-promoted Arminia Bielefeld earned a point with a 1-1 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt on its return to the top flight in front of 6500.
Stuttgart, which also came up, gave Freiburg a scare with late goals by Sasa Kalajdzic and Silas Wamangituka as it fought back in a 3-2 defeat in front of 8000.
