Goals from substitutes Jonas Hoffmann and Marco Reus in the second half were enough to give Borussia Dortmund a 2-1 win over Eintracht Braunschweig at Signal Iduna Park on Sunday.
With the game deadlocked for 72 minutes, Jonas Hoffman was brought on to raise the tempo of the game and the 22 year old did just that as he scored his first goal in Borussia colors. He went on to win an 85th minute penalty which Marco Reus coolly converted to take a 2 - 0 lead. Despite Kevin Kratz's late goal for Braunschweig, Borussia Dortmund were not to be denied the hard fought victory.
They are one of five teams to have won their first two Bundesliga games. Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Mainz 05 and Werder Bremen are the others, with Dortmund topping the table on goal difference.
With the game deadlocked for 72 minutes, Jonas Hoffman was brought on to raise the tempo of the game and the 22 year old did just that as he scored his first goal in Borussia colors. He went on to win an 85th minute penalty which Marco Reus coolly converted to take a 2 - 0 lead. Despite Kevin Kratz's late goal for Braunschweig, Borussia Dortmund were not to be denied the hard fought victory.
They are one of five teams to have won their first two Bundesliga games. Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Mainz 05 and Werder Bremen are the others, with Dortmund topping the table on goal difference.
Jay Jay Okocha's former club Eintract Frankfurt remain rooted to the bottom of the Bundesliga after a narrow 1-0 defeat to defending champions Bayern Munich on Saturday.
Mario Mandzukic's goal after 13 minutes was enough to ensure Pep Guardiola's men kept up their winning start to the season at the Commerzbank-Arena having beaten Borussia Monchengladbach in their first game.
However, the result leaves Frankfurt bottom of the table on goal difference after match day 1's 6-1 thumping at the hands of Hertha Berlin.
Mario Mandzukic's goal after 13 minutes was enough to ensure Pep Guardiola's men kept up their winning start to the season at the Commerzbank-Arena having beaten Borussia Monchengladbach in their first game.
However, the result leaves Frankfurt bottom of the table on goal difference after match day 1's 6-1 thumping at the hands of Hertha Berlin.
Elsewhere, Leverkusen also enjoyed a 1-0 win but needed a first-half own goal from Daniel Schwaab to secure all three points at Stuttgart and move them joint-top with a 100% record this season.
Braces from Roberto Firmino and Anthony Modeste helped Hoffenheim to a 5-1 victory over Hamburg, and that emphatic scoreline was enough to push Markus Gisdol's fifth in the table - two points behind Werder Bremen, who also gained three points.
Mehmet Ekici's goal after 23 minutes was enough to give them the win against Augsburg, who remain in 17th place without a win or a goal so far in 2013-14.
Schalke's disappointing start to the season continued as they conceded four goals in 35 second-half minutes away at Wolfsburg.
Monchengladbach bounced back after their opening-day defeat at the Allianz Arena to hit three past Hannover without reply. Max Kruse, Christoph Kramer and Filip Daems were the men on the scoresheet for Lucien Favre's side.
Meanwhile, a late Sebastian Freis goal proved insufficient for Freiburg as they slipped to their second defeat of the season, losing 2-1 at home to Mainz.
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