Robben scores on Bayern return, thriller in Leverkusen
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Arjen Robben netted on his return from injury as Bayern Munich romped to a 4-0 home win against Cologne on Saturday to claim their 1,000th victory in the German Bundesliga. With second-placed Borussia Dortmund hosting Augsburg on Sunday, league leaders Bayern took their chance to extend the gap at the top to ten points in picking up their tenth straight league win of the season.
Pep Guardiola's side became the first team to record 1,000 Bundesliga victories as Netherlands captain Robben scored in his first match since August while Arturo Vidal, Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Muller also got on the scoresheet.
Wolfsburg stayed fourth with a 1-0 win at Darmstadt as Daniel Caligiuri hit their 78th minute winner.
Fresh from their 4-4 draw at home to Roma in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday, Bayer Leverkusen had to come from 2-0 down before beating Stuttgart 4-3 in another thriller. The first half was goalless, but Stuttgart took a 2-0 lead through Martin Harnik and Daniel Didavi.
Germany winger Karim Bellarabi made it 2-1 on 57 minutes before midfielder Lukas Rupp netted for the visitors to make it 3-1 with an hour played. Two goals in two minutes from Poland defender Sebastian Boenisch and Mexico striker Javier Hernandez levelled the scores before Swiss striker Admir Mehmedi netted the 89th-minute winner. The victory lifted Leverkusen to fifth while Stuttgart remain in the bottom three.
Nigeria striker Anthony Ujah scored twice as Werder Bremen broke their five-match losing streak with a 3-1 win at Mainz where Japan striker Yoshinori Muto scored the hosts' consolation goal in the 90th minute. The result lifted Bremen out of the relegation zone and up to 14th while Mainz dropped to 13th.
Midfielder Marc Stendera was Eintracht Frankfurt's star with both of their second-half goals in a 2-1 comeback victory at Hanover, who hang just above the relegation places. Hertha Berlin are fifth after their 1-0 win at Bavarian side Ingolstadt when former-Bayern Munich midfielder Mitchell Weiser scored the winner after just 11 minutes.