European football: Augsburg fight back to end Bayern Munich’s unbeaten run | European club football

Strugglers Augsburg scored twice in six minutes late within the second half to come back from a purpose down and stun hosts Bayern Munich 2-1 within the Bavarian derby on Saturday, the league leaders’ first Bundesliga lack of the season.

The hosts, recent from securing a Champions League knockout spot with Wednesday’s 2-0 win over Union Saint-Gilloise, took a Twenty third-minute lead because of Hiroki Ito’s header however lacked any spark up entrance as Augsburg struck within the seventy fifth and 81st minutes by Arthur Chaves and Han-Noah Massengo to earn their first win in Munich for 11 years.

“I at all times believed that the Bundesliga isn’t straightforward and each match has a sure danger,” stated Vincent Kompany. “We had been secure within the first half however not very inventive. Total I’m extra disenchanted by the consequence than the efficiency.

“We didn’t have that power we’ve got within the second half to get us over the road. It’s what it’s. We’ve got received quite a bit however now it’s all about displaying a response.”

Bayern, unbeaten of their earlier 27 league matches, a run stretching again to early March, by no means hit prime velocity however nonetheless dominated the primary half, taking the lead by Ito’s header from a Michael Olise nook. It was Olise’s 14th help within the league and his twenty second throughout all competitions this season.

Bayern, who journey to PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday for his or her ultimate Champions League match within the league section, missed a number of extra good possibilities by Harry Kane, Luis Díaz and Lennart Karl earlier than the guests carved out their very own finest probability with the final kick of the primary half when Robin Fellhauer rattled the crossbar with a strong shot.

Augsburg discovered increasingly more house after the break as Bayern’s tempo dropped even additional, and so they examined the house keeper Jonas Urbig with a shot from Elvis Rexhbecaj and a superb free-kick from Alexis Claude-Maurice.

They acquired their deserved equaliser when Chaves scored with the again of his head from a nook. Six minutes later they accomplished their sensational comeback as Massengo tapped in from shut vary from a well-timed Dimitris Giannoulis cutback. Bayern hit the put up with Olise’s shot in stoppage time.

Borussia Dortmund powered previous hosts Union Berlin 3-0 to chop the hole to Bayern, whereas additionally tightening their maintain on second place with their third straight league win.

Dortmund captain Emre Can transformed his Tenth-minute penalty after Serhou Guirassy was introduced down, to place the guests within the driving seat. Nico Schlotterbeck then rose larger than all of his markers on the far put up to go the ball into the highest nook and double their lead within the 53rd.

Guirassy ought to have added one other purpose within the 83rd however as an alternative fired over the bar from two metres out. Maximilian Beier made amends a minute later with a low shot to ensure of the three factors. The win lifts Dortmund to 42 factors, eight behind Bayern.

RB Leipzig are fourth after a 3-0 win at backside membership Heidenheim. The guests’ three objectives got here within the house of eight second-half minutes. Ridle Baku broke the impasse with a superb strike into the highest nook within the 62nd minute, earlier than Antonio Nusa and David Raum rapidly made certain of victory.

Bayer Leverkusen boosted their hopes of a top-four place as Lucas Vázquez scored the one purpose at residence to Werder Bremen. Third-placed Hoffenheim fought again to win 3-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt with Max Moerstedt and Ozan Kabak each heading in the right direction. Mainz climbed out of the underside two with a 3-1 residence win over Wolfsburg.

Kylian Mbappé struck twice within the second half as Actual Madrid secured a 2-0 victory at Villarreal , climbing above Barcelona to take provisional pole place in La Liga.

The win moved Alvaro Arbeloa’s facet to 51 factors, two away from second-placed Barcelona, who host backside membership Oviedo on Sunday. Villarreal are fourth, stage on 41 with Atlético Madrid.

Actual dominated from the outset, with Vinícius Jr inflicting limitless issues on the left flank. The Brazilian’s pivotal second got here simply after half-time when he weaved previous defenders within the forty seventh minute and fed Mbappé contained in the penalty space, leaving the French ahead a straightforward end from shut vary. Actual continued to manage the tempo and Mbappé sealed the win in stoppage time, scoring from the penalty spot after being clumsily fouled contained in the field.

In Serie A, Como boosted their hopes of a first-ever European qualification place as they thrashed Torino 6-0. Anastasios Douvikas struck twice for Cesc Fàbregas’ facet, who transfer as much as fifth within the desk. Fiorentina’s latest upturn in type stalled as they misplaced 2-1 at residence to Cagliari, Marco Palestra scoring the decisive purpose.

In Ligue 1, Ethan Nwaneri scored on his debut as Marseille beat Lens 3-1. The 18-year-old arrived on the membership on mortgage from Arsenal this week and scored on his first begin, jinking inside and putting a superb low shot contained in the far nook, both facet of two objectives from Amine Gouiri. Rayan Fofana bagged a comfort for Lens on the dying. Lorient prolonged their unbeaten league run to eight video games with a 2-0 win over Rennes, whereas Le Havre’s conflict with Monaco ended goalless.