Leverkusen return to top with derby win over bottom side Cologne

Bayer Leverkusen surged back to the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday after a routine 3-0 home win over bottom side Cologne kept up their record-breaking start to the season.
VfB Stuttgart had replaced Xabi Alonso's team at the summit on Saturday but Leverkusen made sure they entered the international break in first place and condemned winless local rivals Cologne to a sixth league defeat from seven games this term.
Champions Bayern Munich can move third, two points adrift of Leverkusen and a point behind Stuttgart, with a victory at home to Freiburg later on Sunday. Eintracht Frankfurt also host promoted Heidenheim.
Leverkusen started brightly and got their reward midway through the first half when Germany midfielder Jonas Hofmann finished off a well-worked move.
The result was never in doubt once Jeremie Frimpong turned in a cross at the far post on 32 minutes, with Cologne only coming close just before the break.
Victor Boniface grabbed his seventh of the league campaign on the counter-attack in the second half.
Six wins and a draw is Leverkusen's best ever start to a Bundesliga season and they look increasingly like a major challenger to Bayern, who have won the last 11 titles.
Their vibrant displays, coupled with a strong transfer window where Hofmann, fellow midfielder Granit Xhaka and Boniface all arrived, have even led to speculation that coach Alonso could be destined for former clubs Bayern or Real Madrid one day.
Shot-shy Cologne finished seventh and 11th in the previous two seasons under Steffen Baumgart but could be facing relegation scrap this term after only amassing one point so far.