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BERLIN, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Hannover overcame Cologne 1-0 on road with Leon Andreasen's controversial goal in the ninth round of Bundesliga on Sunday.
Andreasen, whose clear handball goal, smoothed the way for the "Reds" to reap their second straight win.
Cologne dictated the pace against passive visitors from Lower Saxony. Yet, the dominant hosts failed to produce clear-cut opportunities.
Thus, Hannover punished the commanding hosts, as Andreasen tapped home a flicked on corner kick with his right arm on 38 minutes. However, referee Bastian Dankert did not disallow the obvious handball goal.
Cologne continued to control the proceedings on the pitch but they failed to overcome Hannover's goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler, who defused the efforts by Anthony Modeste, Milos Jojic and Philipp Hosiner in the closing period.
With the result, Hannover wrapped up their second win in row and climbed on the 14th place whereas Cologne suffered their third loss of the season to drop from the 5th to the 7th position in the standings.
"We can't blame our team. They gave everything but failed to make use of their chances. It is however very upsetting to lose through a handball," Cologne's sporting director Joerg Schmadtke said.
Elsewhere, bottom team Stuttgart sealed their only second win of the campaign as Daniel Didavi scored the only goal of the match against newly promoted Ingolstadt.
Ingolstadt had the golden chance to break the deadlock after Martin Harnik felled Benjamin Huebner causing a foul play penalty with just three minutes into the game.
Nevertheless, the visitors squandered the chance to grab an early lead as Stuttgart goalkeeper Prezemyslav Tyton saved Mathew Leckie's weak shot from the spot.
Daniel Didavi punished wasteful Ingolstadt and made the game safe with his winner at the 59th minute to inflict newly promoted visitors the third loss of the season.
Stuttgart jump from the last place to the 15th place whereas newly promoted Ingolstadt slipped to the 8th position.
