Bayern retain top location with comeback 5-2 win over Mainz
Bayern Munich returned from the two-week long Holiday break seeking rusty before they fired on all cylinders as they fought rear from two goals right down to beat second-bottom Mainz 5-2 in a good rip-roaring Bundesliga contest on Sunday.
The effect left Bayern on 33 points from 14 games, two more than second-placed RB Leipzig who were 1-0 winners at Vfb Stuttgart on Saturday.
The German title holders trailed 2-0 at halftime before they seemed the part as Robert Lewandowski continued his scoring run with a late brace which took his tally to 22 goals in every competitions.
Jonathan Burkardt fired Mainz ahead against the function of play with a exceptional finish from 15 metres after he shook off Jerome Boateng and Alexander Hack managed to get 2-0 with a thumping header from Daniel Brosinski's cross.
Danny Latza missed a gilt-edged chance to include a third for Mainz soon after the break when his shot was pushed on to the post by Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and the visitors were swiftly punished as the house side hit top equipment.
Joshua Kimmich pulled one back with a close-range header seeing that Lewandowski nodded a Serge Gnabry cross into his course before Leroy Sane equalised with a good scorcher from 20 metres in to the bottom right corner.
The visitors again came agonisingly near to spectacular Bayern as Robin Quaison rattled the lower of the bar with a long-range thunderbolt as soon as again ruthless Bayern took advantage instantly.
Halftime substitute Niklas Suele turned the tide when he volleyed residence from in the area through a good forest of bodies before Lewandowski forced Mainz into submission.
The winner of the 2020 FIFA Best Person award converted a penalty after Leandro Barreiro brought down Gnabry with a late tackle and bundled in a Thomas Mueller cross as Mainz collapsed in the ultimate 20 minutes.
Previously Sunday, Borussia Dortmund broke back to the top several after goals from Manuel Akanji and England forwards Jadon Sancho gave them a good 2-0 home make an impression on sixth-placed Wolfsburg.
