Nigeria defender Kingsley Ehizibue was on parade for Koln in their 4-1 home defeat to Freiburg in Sunday’s Bundesliga fixture.
Ehizibue returned to the Billy Goats starting XI at the RheinEnergieStadion after he missed their five-goal thriller against Augsburg on April 23 due to suspension.
Goals from Nils Peterson and Ermedin Demirovic gave Freiburg a 2-0 lead at the break, however, a 49th-minute effort from Sebastian Andersson halved the deficit for Friedhelm Funkel's side who were hoping to boost their survival chances.
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After missing a penalty on the hour mark, Koln kept piling the pressure on their opponents in search of a leveller, until some stoppage-time drama when the hosts thought they had grabbed a 2-2 equaliser through Jan Thielmann's strike, but it was ruled out after a VAR review for handball off captain Jonas Hector, who set him up.