Fabian Bredlow’s latest performance for VfB Stuttgart provided Sebastian Hoeneß with another opportunity to reiterate a point the head coach insists was never seriously in doubt. The 31-year-old stood largely idle throughout the first half of Friday night’s 4-1 win over Cologne as Stuttgart dominated proceedings and took a deserved lead through Bilal El Khannouss.

Everything changed immediately after the restart.

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Cologne head coach René Wagner introduced Mikey Moore and Ellyes Skhiri at half-time, with both substitutes helping transform a previously toothless attack. Within two minutes, Bredlow was required to produce his first…

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