Intro:

Soloman Kalou scored twice as Hertha Berlin moved up to 12th in the German Bundesliga with a 3-2 win over Stuttgart on Friday (3rd October).

Script:

Hertha Berlin hosted Stuttgart with both sides hoping to secure just their second Bundesliga win of the season and move away from the bottom three.

It was the visitors that started brighter however, Florian Klein racing down the right hand side before teeing up Moritz Leitner in the box.

The midfielder finishing with ease to make it 1-0 Stuttgart.

It didn't take long for Hertha Berlin to get back into the game, a clumsy challenger by Carlos Gruezo brought down Valentin Stocker for a penalty.

Ex-Chelsea striker, Salomon Kalou, stepped up from the spot and converted it to level the scores.

The Ivorian soon grabbed his second of the match and third of the season as he raced onto Stocker's through ball, skipped past Schwaab in the box and slotted home to make it 2-1.

But Hertha saved the best for last, Anis Ben Hatira with a perfect cross into the box finding Roy Beerens who finished in style to extend the lead to 3-1.

Stuttgart did pull one back thanks to a Sandro Wagner own goal in the 83rd minute.

But it was too little too late, 3-2 the final score.