Dortmund and Gladbach win

The capital club rolled into the Signal Iduna Park and promptly parked the bus with a starting eleven that forewent a trained center forward. And for almost thirty minutes they kept the men in yellow and black in check. They even had a decent chance when Genki Haraguchi snuck behind the Dortmund back four, forcing Mats Hummels to chase him down.

But after 27 minutes, Dortmund's superior skills shone through. Shinji Kagawa put in an inch-perfect cross while falling on his rump, and Hummels nodded the hosts in front.

The goal inspired Tuchel's charges, who enjoyed nearly two-thirds of possession and generated chance after chance. Given Hertha's lack of punch up front, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang looked to have put the game away when he finished off a flowing move involving Kagawa and Matthias Ginter in just into the second-half.

Dortmund should have scored more, but their habitual profligacy got in the way, with Kagawa missing an open net and Henrikh Mkhitaryan also badly misfiring. Hertha were gifted a lifeline when Roman Bürki spilled the ball after 78 minutes. Salomon Kalou tapped in from an offside position, but the goal was allowed to stand.

Hertha threw everyone forward in the dying minutes without really troubling the hosts. And former Berlin striker Adrian Ramos finally put the game to bed from close range just before the final whistle.

The 3-1 victory takes Dortmund back to the top of the table on goal difference ahead of Bayern Munich. Werder Bremen face Borussia Mönchengladbach in Sunday's second match.

Werder Bremen keep Gladbach in cellar

In Sunday's late match in Bremen, both the hosts and Mönchengladbach were looking for their first wins of the season, and Werder drew first blood with a penalty after 39 minutes.

Anthony Ujah pounced when Raffael coughed up the ball and was brought down in the area by youngster Marvin Schulz. Ujah's strike partner Aron Johannsson did the honors from the spot.

Gladbach responded quickly. Shortly before the interval, Thorgan Hazard found Lars Stindl who equalized for the Foals from eleven meters out. The teams went into the dressing rooms knotted at 1-1.

Eight minutes after the restart, Jannick Vestergaard got his head to a corner kick to restore Werder's lead. Mönchengladbach looked nervous and sent men forward, but to no great effect. Meanwhile the hosts should have extended their lead shortly before the end of regular time when Granit Xhaka fouled Assani Lukimya in front of the Gladbach goal.

The midfielder was sent off for a second yellow card, but Toni Kroos was wide of the mark with the resulting penalty kick. Kroos' miss didn't matter, though, as Werder easily held on against ten men.

The 2-1 victory means that Werder are comfortably ensconced in mid-table, while Gladbach are dead last with no points at all to show for their first three matches. It's the worst start to a Bundesliga season in the club's illustrious history.