Bayern pegged back in Bundesliga

A review of the weekend's action in the German Bundesliga.

  • Bayern Munich players celebrate after Arjen Robben
  • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is congratulated after scoring the equaliser for Borussia Dortmund 

Bayern Munich failed to take full advantage of Hertha Berlin and Borussia Dortmund's 1-1 draw on Friday night as they drew their second Bundesliga game in a row on Saturday.

Eintracht Frankfurt became the first side to put two goals past Bayern since Carlo Ancelotti took charge in the summer, with Szabolcs Huszti and Marco Fabian making it a birthday to remember for their coach Niko Kovac.

Arjen Robben and Joshua Kimmich were on target for the visitors in a 2-2 draw at the Waldstadion, where Bayern extended their wait for a win to three games despite playing for over 25 minutes with an extra man after Huszti was sent off.

Cologne took full advantage of Bayern's latest slip-up by moving up to second in the standings, just two points behind the Bavarians, with a 2-1 win over Ingolstadt.

Anthony Modeste moved to the top of the Bundesliga scoring charts with both goals for the Goats - his sixth and seventh of the season.

A late penalty from Lukas Hinterseer was not enough to prevent Ingolstadt from going down to their sixth defeat in a row and slumping to the foot of the table as a result.

They dropped below Hamburg, who played over an hour of their game at Borussia Monchengladbach with 10 men after Cleber was sent off for giving away a penalty.

Andre Hahn and Lars Stindl both missed from the spot as the Foals wasted an opportunity to move into the top five and instead remained outside the top six with a goalless draw.

Hoffenheim did move into the top five, thanks to a 2-1 victory over local rivals Freiburg in the Baden-Wurttemberg derby.

Sandro Wagner put Hoffenheim in front, but Florian Niederlechner's first Bundesliga goal brought the visitors level in the 78th minute.

Andrej Kramaric secured Hoffenheim's win with a penalty as Julian Nagelsmann's side extended their unbeaten start to the season to seven games.

Elsewhere, Schalke coach Markus Weinzierl picked up just a point on his return to former club Augsburg, with Daniel Baier cancelling out Nabil Bentaleb's opener in a 1-1 draw, while Bremen continued their rise up the table with a 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen.

Zlatko Junuzovic and Ousman Manneh scored the goals for Alexander Nouri's men, who have now won two and drawn one of their last three games. Hakan Calhanoglu had drawn Leverkusen level.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had a penalty saved before grabbing a late equaliser in Borussia Dortmund's 1-1 draw with Hertha Berlin as both teams finished with 10 men.

Valentin Stocker put Hertha ahead early in the second half and the hosts suffered another setback when Aubameyang was denied from the spot in the 77th minute.

But he found the net three minutes later and in a dramatic finish Dortmund's Emre Mor saw red in the 84th minute before Stocker was dismissed at the death.

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