Kinsombi seals dramatic win deep into injury time

The second half got off to the worst possible start, as a dangerous attack from Dresden was never properly cleared. The ball found its way to Niklas Kreuzer on the right-hand side, who whipped a dangerous right-footed ball into the box, which evaded both strikers and defenders to creep in at Daniel Heuer Fernandes' far post. Despite going behind, the hosts failed to react and still looked open at the back, whilst lacking pace and intensity when in possession. The game sprang into life after the hour mark, as HSV had thought they had turned it around inside three minutes. Tim Leibold's beautiful floated ball found Sonny Kittel all alone in behind the Dresden defence and the 25-year-old volleyed over Broll in off the post to level things up. Initially flagged offside, VAR intervened to award the goal after a check with the video officials based in Cologne. The roles were reversed a mere three minutes later, as HSV thought they had taken the lead for the first time, with a lovely flowing move ending up with Jairo Samperio's shot from Tim Leibold's cross squirming over to Martin Harnik, who tapped in. After a three-minute consultation with Cologne, it was decided that the Austrian was in an offside position when Samperio had touched on to him and the goal was chalked off.

Hamburg were now dominating proceedings, with Dresden content to sit back and invite the pressure on to them. The Rothosen had the ball in the net for a second time after another of Tim Leibold's marauding runs found Aaron Hunt eight yards out to head into the net, only for the left-back to once again be in an offside position. Entering injury time, there was only one team applying pressure, with Dresden struggling to get out of their final third. With two of the five added minutes still left to play, Sonny Kittel flicked artfully round the corner into the path of the advancing Tim Leibold, whose rasping effort was too hot for Broll to handle. Substitute David Kinsombi was waiting in exactly the right place to react to the rebound and head into the roof of the net to spark wild celebrations on the pitch and in the stands. All in all a far from classic performance from HSV, who looked weary and tired in possession for long periods. However, the sheer weight of chances means that a sixth home win in a row was far from undeserved.