​Stuttgart’s Grischa Proemel celebrates scoring his side’s second goal with team mascot Fritzle, during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfB Stuttgart and 1. FC Koeln, at MHPArena. (is associated with: «Stuttgart bounce back from Bayern thrashing with win over Cologne») Tom Weller/dpaVfB Stuttgart bounced back from the thrashing by Bayern Munich in their Bundesliga opener with a 4-1 home win against Cologne on Friday evening.Stuttgart last week started the season with a hefty 5-1 defeat to the reigning league champions, but will have a much better weekend this time around.Bilal El Khannouss took everything into his own hands to break the deadlock in the 39th minute.He charged towards the goal and skipped past two defenders, seeing off the second one with a cheeky nutmeg, before sliding the ball into the goal.Cologne brought in young English loan Mikey Moore, and he had an immediate impact on the match. The guests stepped up the pace and it really looked like they were going to find an equalizer.But against the odds, it was Stuttgart who scored again. Maximilian Mittelstädt didn’t let the ball go out and cut back to the centre of the box for newcomer Grischa Prömel to score his first goal for the club in the 60th.Ermedin Demirovic added a third in the 75th from another great solo effort before Cologne at least pulled one back in the 81st thanks to Marius Bülter, who was assisted by Moore.Before the final whistle, Josha Vagnoman completed the win with a stunning first-time shot in the 90th.Cologne opened the season with a 3-2 win over Hoffenheim and are eighth in the standings, with Stuttgart one position ahead of them.Saturday’s Bundesliga schedule includes Hoffenheim v Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen v Union Berlin and Schalke v Bayern Munich.