Koln 2-1 Borussia Dortmund: Zoller and Modeste complete stunning comeback
The home side trailed 1-0 with eight minutes remaining, but scored twice in quick succession to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
Simon Zoller and Anthony Modeste both struck late on as FC Koln produced a stunning comeback to defeat Borussia Dortmund 2-1.
Sokratis Papastathopoulos scored the first goal of the game, netting a powerful header from close-range to give Thomas Tuchel's side the lead.
But the hosts responded brilliantly and Frederik Sorensen saw a header well saved by Roman Burki, while Yannick Gerhardt struck the post.
It appeared as though Dortmund would see out the pressure until Zoller capitalised on Burki's poor clearance to lash home the equaliser in the 83rd minute.
And there was time for more drama as Modeste came off the bench to score his first goal since October 4 and complete an incredible comeback.
The late collapse means Tuchel's Dortmund now trail leaders Bayern Munich by eight points heading into the mid-season break.
There was no sign that BVBwould struggle in the early stages and they broke the deadlock in the 18th minute. Koln switched off at a corner and Sokratis met Henrikh Mkhitaryan's delivery with a thumping header into the bottom right-hand corner.
The goal seemed to spark the hosts into life and two dangerous Marcel Risse deliveries from the right failed to pick out a team-mate.
And Dortmund were thankful to Burki when Jonas Hector's dangerous free-kick was met by Sorensen's downward header, but the goalkeeper flung himself low to make a brilliant save.
Referee Knut Kircher then waved away Koln protests for a penalty when Pawel Olkowski went to ground under Park Joo-ho's challenge.
Dortmund made two changes at the break with Park and Mats Hummels replaced by Marcel Schmelzer and Sven Bender.
But it was Koln that continued to impress and Dusan Svento dragged a half-volley wide when the ball fell kindly in the area from a corner.
At the other end, Shinji Kagawa wasted a great chance to extend Dortmund's lead. Bender's clipped cross picked out the Japanese, who headed tamely wide from eight yards when unmarked.
The end-to-end nature of the match continued as first Zoller saw a goal-bound effort deflected over the crossbar for Koln, before Sorensen made a fine block after Jonas Hofmann had danced his way past a couple of challenges.
With the clock winding down, Burki again came to the rescue for Dortmund. The space opened for Gerhardt and his shot was tipped onto the post by the goalkeeper.
But Koln did get their deserved equaliser seven minutes from time. Burki and Bender made a mess of things at the back and Zoller stole in ahead of the defender to emphatically hammer home to the delight of the home supporters.
It was not yet over, though.Sorensen's header sailed over Dortmund's defence and Modeste struck a brilliant first time drive past Burki into the bottom left-hand corner to give Koln a dramatic late win.
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