Munich had an extremely difficult time against Cologne, Gnabry finally got the 3-2 win.
On the day of remembrance for the late striker legend Gerd Müller, FC Bayern Munich took a lot of effort and thanks to a double from Serge Gnabry, scored the first win of the season in the German Bundesliga. In the 3: 2 (0: 0) against 1. FC Köln, the German series champions found it extremely difficult on Sunday. But Gnabry saved coach Julian Nagelsmann from a botched home debut. Hoffenheim missed the leap to the top of the table.
DFB national player Gnabry hammered the ball into the goal with full force in the 71st minute to make it 3-2, that was the preliminary decision. It was only with youngster Jamal Musiala for the disappointing Leroy Sane that the Munich team got offensive going after the break in front of 20,000 spectators in the Allianz Arena for the first time. Robert Lewandowski (50th) after a dynamic solo by Musiala and Gnabry (59th) after a cross from Thomas Müller met shortly after each other.
New in the gate
Surprisingly, Manuel Neuer was in goal for the record champions – despite an ankle capsule injury when he won the Supercup against Borussia Dortmund. For a long time he was hardly challenged – and then twice without a chance within a very short time. Cologne's storm duo Anthony Modeste (60th) and Mark Uth (60th) equalized with a double strike to make it 2-2.
Shortly after the replacement of Florian Kainz (69th) Gnabry chased the ball into the goal from 15 meters to make it 3-2. Louis Schaub (76th), who came in place of Dejan Ljubicic, had good scenes in the finish, but the decisive pass did not succeed.
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim missed the leap to the top of the table at home with a 2: 2 (2: 1) against Union Berlin. Kevin Akpoguma (14th) and Jacob Bruun Larsen (30th) scored the goals for the hosts, while Niko Gießelmann (10th) and Taiwo Awoniyi (47th) scored for Union. Hoffenheim's Christoph Baumgartner clashed with the assistant referee on the sidelines in the 78th minute, and was replaced the minute after. Stefan Posch played through, the ailing Florian Grillitsch was not in the squad. Christopher Trimmel was not in the starting line-up for the Berlin team this time, he was substituted on in the 69th minute.
