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Berlin
Bayern Munich dropped their first points of the season when they were held 1-1 by champions Bayer Leverkusen in a Bundesliga top match on Saturday.
Robert Andrich volleyed Leverkusen 1-0 up against the flow of play in the 31st minute after a corner kick resulting from a poor Aleksandar Pavlovic backpass.
But Bayern youngster Pavlovic made amends eight minutes later when he fired a spectacular equalizer into the top corner.
Bayern’s Serge Gnabry hit the post and crossbar shortly after the restart.
Bundesliga top scorer Harry Kane had no shot on goal and young German stars Jamal Musiala of Bayern and Florian Wirtz were not fully dominant while Leverkusen defended better than in the previous games where they had conceded nine goals.
“We could see that we can perform at this level. You have to be firm in defence after the previous games. We can do more with the ball but the 1-1 is fine and important for us,” Leverkusen’s Granit Xhaka told Sky TV.
Bayer goalkeeper Manuel Neuer said: “We would have deserved more. We were clearly the better team and had more scoring opportunities.” Bayern remain top with 13 points from five games, two ahead of RB Leipzig and three clear of Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund.
Elsewhere, St Pauli Hamburg claimed their first Bundesliga win in 13 years, 3-0 at Freiburg; 10-man VfB Stuttgart salvaged a last-gasp 2-2 draw at Wolfsburg; Leipzig trounced Augsburg 4-0, Heidenheim won 2-0 at Mainz; and Borussia Mönnchengladbach beat Union Berlin 1-0.
On Friday, Dortmund rallied from two goals down to beat Bochum 4-2.
First win for St Pauli
Promoted St Pauli got a first season victory and first in the top flight since beating crosstown rivals SV Hamburg in February 2011 from Elias Saad’s brace and Oladapo Afolaya in Freiburg. St Pauli keeper Nikola Vasilj saved a penalty from Vincenzo Grifo with the score 1-0.
Undav rescues 10-man Stuttgart
Germany striker Deniz Undav salvaged the 2-2 for last season’s runners-up Stuttgart in the seventh minute of stoppage time in a turbulent match in Wolfsburg.
Wolfsburg led twice from Jonas Wind and Mohamed Amourap. Enzo Millot got the first equalizer for last season’s runners up on the rebound of his penalty saved by Kamil Grabara. Stuttgart’s Atakan Karazor had to go midway through the second half after a second booking.
Amoura was shown a straight red in the 73rd which was rescinded upon review.
Leipzig score and
win again
Coming off 0-0 draws against Union Berlin and St Pauli, Leipzig were 2-0 up within 15 minutes from Benjamin Sesko’s brace. Lois Openda and Xavi Simons got the others and Leipzig keeper Peter Gulacsi saved a Jeffrey Gouweleeuw penalty.
“We were far from satisfied with the two draws. It was a good game today but the penalty also showed how tight things are at this level,” Leipzig coach Marco Rose said after a club record 16th Bundesliga match without defeat.
