Hamburg: Champions Bayern Munich needed an 88th-minute winner by Joshua Kimmich to beat Hamburg SV 1-0, Saturday and protect their three-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.
Strugglers Hamburg had battled hard to protect a goalless draw, hoping to end a three-game losing run, with goalkeeper Rene Adler making a string of saves before Kimmich drilled in a Franck Ribery cutback at the far post. The result lifted Bayern to 15 points, three ahead of second-placed Borussia Dortmund.
Bayern faced a determined Hamburg team, looking to turn around their disappointing start to the season.The keeper was finally beaten after a long lay-off and some wonderful saves, when Ribery launched a trademark run, cut across the goalmouth and Kimmich slipped in to score the winner to extend Bayern’s perfect start to the season with their fifth win in five matches.
Borussia Moenchengladbach climbed to fourth on 10 points after easing past Ingolstadt 2-0 for their tenth straight home win. Hertha Berlin conceded a stoppage time equaliser from Michael Hector to draw 3-3 at Eintracht Frankfurt and drop to sixth on 10.
Mexican striker Javier Hernandez scored a hat-trick, including a stoppage time winner, to lead Bayer Leverkusen from a goal down and 2-1 down to a last-gasp 3-2 win over Mainz 05.
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