Hertha BSC took 18 points from six matches with a comeback win in Dynamo Dresden, and the club’s best start to a season is now in play. The perfect run has Hertha in club-record territory already, with six wins from six and no points dropped so far. Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson scored twice in the 2-1 win in Saxony.
Hertha's away response
Conceding after just ten minutes in Dresden could have made life awkward for Hertha. Instead, they recovered, stayed in the game and finished with a 2-1 win that followed on from the 3-1 success in Osnabrück on Matchday 5.
That matters because the run is not built only on home control. Hertha have already posted two away comeback wins in this stretch, which is a better sign than any comfortable scoreline at home would be.
Leitl on the performance
Stefan Leitl said: “We were very brave and really dominant, and we created plenty of chances. I'm very pleased.” He also added: “We were fantastic in the second half,” after the Dresden match.
The numbers around the start are hard to ignore. Hertha BSC now sit on 18 points from six matches, while the benchmark starts cited for comparison are Bayer Leverkusen's nine straight wins in 1978/79 and Hannover 96's eight in 1986/87. Hertha are not there yet, but the opening has already become the club story of the season.
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