A clinic in one-touch football and off-the-ball movement from VfB Stuttgart, which was relegated from the Bundesliga last term.
1. FC Nurnberg had no response to the triangular shapes Die Roten made in the midfield, before Takuma Asano, on loan from Arsenal, picked out an unmarked Simon Terodde at the far post on Monday.
Stuttgart is currently in the runner-up spot in the second tier, behind leader Eintracht Braunschweig.