Bayern missed the chance to knock Borussia Dortmund off top spot after the draw and remain two points behind the league leaders in second. Bayern Munich twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Augsburg on Saturday after a mistake from Manuel Neuer led to the fastest goal in Bundesliga history. Neuer handed Augsburg the lead after 8.4 seconds with an error that Robin Fellhauer capitalised on, before two assists from Harry Kane helped resuce a point in the second half.
Bayern Munich twice came from behind to draw 2-2 at Augsburg on Saturday after a mistake from Manuel Neuer led to the fastest goal in Bundesliga history.
On another day we would have won this game, but that’s football. The Bundesliga later confirmed the goal had beaten the previous record of nine seconds held jointly by Kevin Volland and Karim Bellarabi. “It feels more like a defeat. Having received the ball straight from kick-off, Neuer chipped it directly into the path of Fellhauer, who ran it into the empty net. “We would have preferred a better start, but Manu has played football long enough. The visitors found the net shortly after the break when Augsburg ‘keeper Finn Dahmen fumbled a brilliant volley from Luis Diaz, but the goal was ruled out for an offside in the build-up. Ismael Saibari broke Augsburg’s resistance a few minutes later as the Moroccan slotted the ball home after an elegant assist from Kane. Yet the hosts struck back quickly, thanks in part to another off-colour moment from Neuer. After Augsburg unlocked the defence with a long ball forward, Neuer parried Calvin Brackelmann’s shot straight at Rodrigo Ribeiro, who smashed the ball under the bar to restore the lead. Both Diaz and Serge Gnabry had goals ruled out for offside before Kane set up Nathaniel Brown for Bayern’s second equaliser ten minutes from time. Robert Andrich gave Leverkusen the lead with a superb volley after just five minutes, before Patrik Schick doubled the lead with a smart finish four minutes later. Anthony Caci dragged Mainz back into the game, scoring twice to level the scores before half time. Second-half goals from Jarell Quansah and Moussa Diaby put Leverkusen back in control, before Benedict Hollerbach grabbed a late third for Mainz. Yussuf Poulsen bundled in an early opener for Hamburg, before Fisnik Asllani jabbed home an equally scrappy equaliser for Hoffenheim. Bambase Conte put Hoffenheim in the lead with a brilliant shot from outside the area early in the second half, but a red card for his team mate Bernardo swung the game back in Hamburg’s favour. The visitors had one late equaliser ruled out by VAR before Terem Moffi equalised with an 83rd minute header and Miro Muheim grabbed a stoppage-time winner.
Because a record like this means you’re part of something really big, “In all seriousness, it’s an unbelievable feeling. Augsburg could not believe their luck after 40-year-old Neuer’s howler handed them the lead after just eight seconds. Bayern remained shellshocked for much of the first half and were lucky not to go 2-0 down when Juma Bah missed a sitter on 36 minutes. Leverkusen win thriller There was also drama elsewhere, as Bayer Leverkusen grabbed a rollercoaster 4-3 win in Mainz while Hamburg snatched a late 3-2 win away at Hoffenheim. In Saturday’s other games, goals from Jeff Chabot and Chris Fuehrich sealed a comfortable 2-0 win for Stuttgart at Paderborn, while Livan Burcu struck late to hand Union Berlin a nervy 1-0 win at home to Elversberg. (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
We gave away two sloppy goals and they punished us for it,” Kane told Dazn. He can’t change what happened, he just needs to do what he’s always done in his career and keep on showing how good he is,” Bayern coach Vincent Kompany told Dazn. “Those guys must have been really slow,” Fellhauer told Sky with a laugh after the game.
