CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNERS Bayern Munich went top of the Bundesliga on Saturday as Thomas Mueller and Serge Gnabry provided the goals with Robert Lewandowski rested for their 2-1 win at Cologne.
Bayern coach Hansi Flick opted to leave out Lewandowski, who scored a record 10 goals in the opening five league games, ahead of their midweek Champions League match at Salzburg and a Bundesliga showdown at Dortmund next Saturday.
RB Leipzig missed the chance to return to the top of the table as their miserable week continued with a 1-0 defeat at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday evening.
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Mueller netted an early penalty and Gnabry finished a counter-attack on the stroke of half-time to leave Bayern 2-0 up at the break.
Cologne improved in the second-half and replacement midfielder Dominick Drexler pulled back a late goal.
Borussia Dortmund climbed to second in the table without star striker Erling Braut Haaland as defender Mats Hummels scored both goals in a 2-0 win at Arminia Bielefeld.
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Bayern prove they can cope without Lewandowski to go top of Bundesliga
LAST UPDATE | 31 Oct 2020
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE WINNERS Bayern Munich went top of the Bundesliga on Saturday as Thomas Mueller and Serge Gnabry provided the goals with Robert Lewandowski rested for their 2-1 win at Cologne.
Bayern coach Hansi Flick opted to leave out Lewandowski, who scored a record 10 goals in the opening five league games, ahead of their midweek Champions League match at Salzburg and a Bundesliga showdown at Dortmund next Saturday.
RB Leipzig missed the chance to return to the top of the table as their miserable week continued with a 1-0 defeat at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday evening.
Mueller netted an early penalty and Gnabry finished a counter-attack on the stroke of half-time to leave Bayern 2-0 up at the break.
Cologne improved in the second-half and replacement midfielder Dominick Drexler pulled back a late goal.
Borussia Dortmund climbed to second in the table without star striker Erling Braut Haaland as defender Mats Hummels scored both goals in a 2-0 win at Arminia Bielefeld.
Today’s Bundesliga results
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 (Silva 65) Werder Bremen 1 (Sargent 51)
Cologne 1 (Drexler 82) Bayern Munich 2 (Mueller 13-pen, Gnabry 45+1)
Augsburg 3 (Vargas 40, Hahn 80, 90+1) Mainz 05 1 (Onisiwo 64)
Arminia Bielefeld 0 Borussia Dortmund 2 (Hummels 53, 71)
Borussia Moenchengladbach 1-0 RB Leipzig
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