Harry Kane headed in a stoppage-time equaliser to prevent a first defeat of the season for Bayern Munich but their 2-2 draw at Union Berlin ended their record winning start across all competitions.
Union thought they had won it with Danilho Doekhi’s second goal in the 83rd minute but Kane headed in the leveller. Bayern top the Bundesliga on 28 points and in fact extended their lead to six, as RB Leipzig lost 3-1 at Hoffenheim.
Bayern, who had made it 16 victories from 16 games with 2-1 win at Paris Saint-Germain, the Champions League holders, on Tuesday, looked to have run out of steam against the hard-working Berlin side. The hosts thought they had taken the lead with Ilyas Ansah’s ninth-minute header but the fans were bitterly disappointed after the referee ruled it marginally offside following a video assistant referee review.
They still went in front in the 27th minute when Manuel Neuer let Doekhi’s weak shot slip through his hands and under his body. It was the first time Bayern had conceded a first-half goal and the first time they were trailing in the Bundesliga this season.
Luis Díaz, who had scored twice but was also sent off against PSG, drew them level after playing a superb one-two with Josip Stanisic, sliding to keep the ball in play and curling a shot from near the sideline into the top far corner.
The Colombian should have scored again for the champions in the 45th minute after he was sent through by Kane but he fired well wide with only the keeper to beat. It was the hosts who scored again in the 83rd when Doekhi volleyed in after Kane failed to clear a free-kick. The England captain, however, made amends with his 13th league goal of the season.
Kane said: “It was a tough game. It wasn’t our best game, but we stayed focused and managed to equalise. That’s football, there are games like today where things go against you. We’ll take the point.
“It would’ve been worse to go into the international break with a defeat. We can keep the momentum going with this draw. Sixteen wins in a row is incredible but now that it is over, it won’t be the main talking point any more. We move on.”
There was also a last-gasp equaliser as Borussia Dortmund settled for a 1-1 draw at Hamburg. Dortmund, looking to recover from Wednesday’s 4-1 Champions League loss at Manchester City, struggled to carve out scoring chances in the first half, with Hamburg hitting the woodwork through Nicolás Capaldo’s header in the 39th minute.
The visitors did benefit from sloppy Hamburg defending before the ball fell to Carney Chukwuemeka, who turned and volleyed in for a 64th-minute lead. The Ruhr valley club, however, failed to hold on to it and Hamburg’s Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer headed in an equaliser in the seventh minute of stoppage time to rescue a point for the hosts. Dortmund are third on 21 points, seven behind Bayern.
In Serie A, Juventus largely dominated but were unable to get the better of Torino in a 0-0 home draw, dealing a blow to Luciano Spalletti’s side’s hopes of gaining ground in the title race.
The hosts had won their last two Serie A games since sacking Igor Tudor, one of those victories coming in Spalletti’s first game in charge, but a largely toothless derby display left the crowd frustrated.
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Juve are fifth on 19 points from 11 games, two points behind Inter, Milan and Roma, with the leaders, Napoli, on 22 points. All those sides have a game in hand on Juventus. Torino are in 11th place on 14 points.
Spalletti said: “We were missing that little bit of quality and the fantasy that’s needed in games like this. You need that precision to pass the ball between two opponents. You also need a little bit of luck.”
Antoine Griezmann showed his vintage scoring form by netting two goals to help Atlético Madrid beat Levante 3-1 in La Liga. Atlético’s all-time leading scorer came on in the 61st minute and needed only a few seconds to put them ahead again. He added another with 10 minutes remaining to seal the victory.
Atletico had gone ahead through an own goal by Adrián de la Fuente in the 12th minute before Manu Sánchez headed the visitors level in the 21st.
