A 90th-minute Robert Lewandowski goal saw ten-man
league leaders Bayern Munich earn a dramatic 2-1 win at
Hoffenheim on Saturday after conceding the joint fastest
goal in Bundesliga history.
The Poland striker sealed the champions comeback after
Germany Under-21 striker Kevin Volland had opened the
scoring with just nice seconds gone, darting onto David
Alaba’s loose pass and drilling his shot home at the
Rhein-Neckar-Arena.
Volland’s goal equalled the previous record set by Bayer
Leverkusen’s Karim Bellarabi on the opening day of last
season at Borussia Dortmund.
Bayern equalised when a Douglas Costa shot rocketed off
the hands of Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann and
Thomas Mueller jabbed home the rebound with his knee
on 40 minutes.
Hoffenheim wasted the chance to claim an historic first
win over Bayern at the 15th attempt when Eugen Polanski
blasted his penalty attempt off the post after Jerome
Boateng’s handball saw the Germany international sent
off for a second yellow card on 72 minutes.
Bayern claimed the dramatic winner when Brazil winger
Costa fired in a superb cross, Mario Goetze let the ball roll
and Lewandowski drilled home his shot to keep Bayern
top of the table having routed Hamburg 5-0 on the
opening weekend.
Bayer Leverkusen are second after a 1-0 win at Hanover
to also leave them with two wins from two matches.
Dead-ball specialist Hakan Calhanoglu’s 18th-minute
free-kick sealed the win to give Leverkusen a boost before
Wednesday’s Champions League play-off qualifier,
second-leg, at home to Lazio who they trail 1-0 after the
first leg.
Belgian attacking midfielder Kevin de Bruyne started what
could be his last match for last season’s runners-up VfL
Wolfsburg in a 1-1 draw with Cologne.
The 24-year-old, despite having said earlier in the week he
would be staying with Wolfsburg for this season, is
reported to have agreed terms with Manchester City and
will earn £200,000 (275,632 million euros, $313,890) a
week in the Premier League, if his present club accept
City’s improved offer of £55 million.
Hosts Cologne took the lead when striker Simon Zoller
lobbed Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels on the half
hour mark.
But Wolfsburg, who are fifth, equalised when ex-Arsenal
and Juventus striker Nicklas Bendtner tapped home a
Daniel Caliguri cross at the far post on 83 minutes to
ensure they shared the points.
Schalke, who routed Bremen 3-0 on the opening weekend
of the season, are third in the table after their 1-1 draw at
newly-promoted Darmstadt.
The Royal Blues fell behind after 18 minutes when
midfielder Konstantin Rausch slotted his shot into the top
right-hand corner from outside the area.
Germany international Julian Draxler, who has been linked
to a move to Italian champions Juventus, equalised for
Schalke when the left winger fired home on 47 minutes
after converting Franco di Santo’s pass.
Hertha Berlin had briefly led the table on Friday night after
their 1-1 draw at home to Werder Bremen when Valentin
Stocker’s goal was cancelled out by Anthony Ujah’s
equaliser.
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