European football: Bayern hold on to win as Leverkusen waste two-goal lead

Bayern Munich almost imploded in their 3-2 Bundesliga victory at Augsburg , conceding two goals for the second consecutive match after going 3-0 up soon after the break.

Bayern’s back line looked vulnerable, just as it had in Wednesday’s German Cup first round win over third-tier Wehen Wiesbaden in which they conceded two goals and needed a stoppage-time winner to advance.

Bayern were in command from the start but had to wait until the 28th minute to take the lead with Serge Gnabry’s powerful header from a Harry Kane cross. They scored again on the stroke of half-time through Luis Díaz’s second league goal of the season.

The visitors looked to have put the game to bed when Michael Olise made it 3-0 three minutes after the restart but Augsburg were not done and pulled a goal back in the 53rd minute through Kristijan Jakic before Mert Kömür struck again 14 minutes from time.

Bayer Leverkusen wasted a two-goal lead and conceded a stoppage time equaliser in a 3-3 draw at Werder Bremen.

Karim Coulibaly snatched a point for the 10-man hosts after Leverkusen had led 2-0 and 3-1. The result did mean Leverkusen stretched their Bundesliga unbeaten away record to 35 consecutive matches.

Leverkusen took an unexpected lead when Nathan Tella intercepted a weak back pass and cut back for Patrik Schick to drill in. They doubled it through new signing Malik Tillman’s shot that went in off a post in the 35th minute before Werder pulled a goal back a minute before the break through Romano Schmid.

Leverkusen struck again in the 64th minute thanks to Schick’s well-taken penalty with Werder reduced to 10 players after the dismissal of Niklas Stark. Werder set up a nail-biting finale when Isaac Schmidt scored in an empty goal in the 76th minute.

Two early goals from Ritsu Doan set Frankfurt on their way to a 3-1 win at Hoffenheim while Chema Andrés scored the only goal to earn Stuttgart victory at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Second-half strikes from Christoph Baumgartner and Romulo Cardoso earned RB Leipzig a 2-0 win at home to Heidenheim.

Atlético Madrid’s poor start to the La Liga season continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Alavés, leaving Diego Simeone’s side winless after three matches. Atlético languish 14th in the table after taking two points from their opening three matches, having lost 2-1 at Espanyol and drawn 1-1 at home with promoted Elche.

Giuliano Simeone gave the visitors the lead in the seventh minute, striking from close range after Thiago Almada’s shot was parried by Alavés goalkeeper Antonio Sivera.Alavés equalised seven minutes later when Alexander Sorloth fouled Nahuel Tenaglia and Carlos Vicente made no mistake from the penalty spot.

Real Madrid recovered from a goal down to beat Mallorca 2-1 at the Bernabéu as the home side made light of having three goals chalked off via VAR reviews to make it three wins out of three in La Liga this season.

Kylian Mbappé had a seventh-minute effort ruled out for offside, and 11 minutes later Mallorca took a shock lead when striker Vedat Muriqi muscled his way into the middle at a corner to steer the ball into the net. Madrid struck back with two quick goals, Arda Güler heading the equaliser in the 37th minute and Vinicius Jr putting them ahead a minute later. They were denied a third goal in first-half stoppage time when Mbappé was again found to be offside.

Güler also had an effort ruled out 10 minutes after the break when a VAR review found him guilty of handball, and Real needed a goalline clearance from Alvaro Carreras to secure the three points. Elsewhere, goals from Alfonso González and Isaac Romero earned Sevilla a 2-0 win at Girona while Leander Dendoncker scored the only goal as Real Oviedo beat Real Sociedad.

Riccardo Orsolini scored near the hour mark with a deflected shot as Bologna beat big-spending Como 1-0 in Serie A.

Atalanta again struggled in a 1-1 draw at Parma and remain winless since Gian Piero Gasperini departed after a nine-year tenure. Mario Pasalic put Atalanta ahead with a long-range shot in the 79th minute but newly signed Patrick Cutrone came off the bench to equalise on his debut for Parma six minutes later by tapping in a rebound.

João Neves struck a brilliant hat-trick as French champions Paris Saint-Germain secured a crushing 6-3 Ligue 1 victory at Toulouse in a match featuring three penalties. Portuguese midfielder Neves lit up the opening stages with spectacular strikes in the seventh and 14th minutes, before completing his treble with a powerful late shot to register PSG’s sixth goal.

Bradley Barcola doubled PSG’s lead in the ninth minute before Neves claimed his second, and Ousmane Dembélé’s penalty put PSG 4-0 up in the 31st minute. Toulouse pulled one back through Charlie Cresswell before the break and PSG keeper Lucas Chevalier saved a twice-taken penalty from Cristian Casseres Jr.

PSG’s fifth goal arrived in the 51st minute as Dembélé converted his second spot-kick after Djibril Sidibe fouled Barcola before Neves completed his hat-trick. Toulouse claimed a late consolation goals through Yann Gboho and Alexis Vossah but PSG comfortably held on for the win.