Bayern held for third straight draw at home to Stuttgart
Bayern Munich's French forward Mathys Tel (L) celebrates scoring the opening goal with his teammate Bayern Munich's German midfielder Serge Gnabry during the German first division Bundesliga football match between FC Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart in Munich, southern Germany on September 10, 2022. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP)
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A goal from French teenager Mathys Tel was not enough as
Bayern Munich were held 2-2 at home to Stuttgart, their third Bundesliga draw
in a row.
In just his second start for Munich, Tel became the youngest
goalscorer for the club when he gave the German champions a 1-0 lead at half
time.
Tel is 17 years and 136 days, 69 days younger than the
previous holder of the honour, Jamal Musiala when he scored against Schalke two
years ago.
Tel broke Stuttgart's stubborn resistance 36 minutes into the
opening half, side-footing the ball under visiting keeper Florian Mueller after
some superb lead-up work from Alphonso Davis.
Stuttgart looked to have equalised early into the second half
when Serhou Guirassy swept the ball in from close range, but the goal was
chalked off by VAR for a seemingly innocuous foul on Joshua Kimmich in the
lead-up.
The visitors did not need to wait long to score their first
however, with Chris Fuehrich's 57th-minute rocket giving Manuel Neuer no chance
in goal.
Sensing a resurgent energy in the visitors, Bayern quickly
struck back through Musiala, now 19, who once again demonstrated his calm and
assured presence, holding off two defenders to score his third of the season.
With one eye on Tuesday's visit from Robert Lewandowski's
Barcelona, Bayern looked to take the energy out of the match, bringing on
several changes and dominating possession, before a late foul from Matthijs de
Ligt brought Guirassy to the spot.
The Guinean slammed the ball into the top right corner of the
net to give his side their fifth draw from six matches this season.
In Leipzig, one-time Dortmund coach Marco Rose secured a win
against his former side in just his first match in charge, with a 3-0 victory.
Rose coached Dortmund to second in the 2021-22 season before
being let go in favour of current boss Edin Terzic, was only appointed Leipzig
coach on Thursday after the sacking of Domenico Tedesco.
While Dortmund started brightly, Willi Orban gave a jubilant
Leipzig the lead after just six minutes with a towering header.
Leipzig's Hungarian midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai made it 2-0
just before halftime with a swerving strike from outside the box, before former
Chelsea striker Timo Werner set up Amadou Haidara in the dying stages of the
match to give the home side a dominant victory.
The visitors, who had the chance to go outright first on the
ladder with a win, now sit in fourth place with three games left to come this
round.
Hoffenheim ran out dominant victors at home against a ten-man
Mainz, with a 4-1 win to go to second on the ladder.
In Frankfurt, Wolfsburg recorded their first win of the
season - and their debut Bundesliga victory under former Bayern coach Niko
Kovac - with a narrow 1-0 victory over Eintracht.
Elsewhere, Bayer Leverkusen's woes continued, held to a 2-2
draw away at lowly Hertha Berlin.
Tipped as an outside chance for the title at the start of the
season, Leverkusen could end the round as low as 17th depending on other
results.

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