In the early morning of February 12, Beijing time, the 22nd round of the 2021-22 Bundesliga season began, and today took the lead in a game of competition, Red Bull Leipzig sat at the Red Bull Arena against Cologne. After 90 minutes of competition, RB Leipzig beat Cologne 3-1 at home.
Leipzig's previous three-game winning streak was three points away from the top four, and it was helpless to meet the powerful Bayern in the last round, and the suspension of the winning streak also slowed down the pace of the fight for the fourth. Returning to the home game with Cologne today can be said to be a key battle for the four. Leipzig played very efficiently after the opening, in the 24th minute, Leipzig won a good free kick opportunity at the top of the arc of the penalty area, Nkunku took the penalty and shot hard, the ball went around the wall and into the top right corner of the goal, Leipzig opened the record 1:0.
Just 8 minutes into the opening, Leipzig pressed on the left side of the front, A Silva controlled the ball, Hedraze should be obliquely blocked in the middle, Olmer followed up with the ball to adjust a few steps, suddenly ultra-long distance in front of the top of the penalty area, the ball went straight into the bottom right corner of the goal, Leipzig extended the lead 2:0.
Just 3 minutes later Leipzig launched a quick counter-attack, Nkunku ran to the front with the ball to send a subtle straight plug, Olmer followed up and passed the ball directly to the middle, Angelinho rushed to the penalty spot to meet the ball and swept the ball, RB Leipzig scored two goals in 3 minutes, 3:0 to continue to extend the lead. Cologne then launched a fierce counterattack, after many unsuccessful attacks, they did not seize the corner opportunity until the stoppage time, Ute sent the ball to the back post, Lempelle's header rushed to the top of the goal, Cologne 1:3 pulled back a goal, but time was running out, they could not catch up, and finally Red Bull Leipzig won 3:1 at home.
In terms of the standings, Dort slightly dropped the chain, the Bundesliga is the same as Ligue 1, the suspense of the title is very small, bayern are now leading with a 9-point advantage. Red Bull Leipzig beat Cologne to win the fourth battle, winning the first game and then winning four of the last five rounds, they temporarily beat Berlin United to reach the top 4 with goal difference, and Cologne fell to 7th.
In terms of top scorers, Bayern's advantage over Levan is also very large, he led by six goals to beat Hick, and Haland sent Levan to rank third with 8 goals. Nkunku surpassed Gnabry by one goal after a free-kick today to temporarily finish 5th alone with 11 goals.