Post-Ancelotti Bayern give away two-goal lead

BAY ERN Munich again surrendered a t wo-goal lead in a 2-2 draw at Hertha Berlin on Sunday i n t hei r f i rst match since Carlo Ancelotti’s shock s a c k i ng , s l i ppi ng t o f i v e points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund.

Wit h Willy Sagnol in temporar y charge after Ancelott i’s dismissa l on Thursday, Bayern went 2-0 up at Berlin’s Oly mpic Stadium with goals f rom Mat s Hu mmels a nd Robert Lewandowski.

But Berlin roared back with two goals inside five minutes from Ondrej Duda and Salomon Kalou to earn a share of the spoils.

“That’s a bit annoying for us,” said Sagnol, whose team nonetheless moved up to second. “We have to play with more concentration and discipline. When we don’t concentrate, we aren’t the strongest team in Germany any more,” the Frenchman admitted.

Bayern threw away a twogoal lead for the second league game in a row after being held 2-2 at home to Wolfsburg 10 days ago.

Ancelotti was dismissed after 15 months in the wake of Bayern’s 3-0 drubbing at Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.

Hoffenheim’s 30-year-old boss Julian Nagelsmann and ex-Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel are among the favourites to take over permanently.

RB Leipzig went fourth, just a point behind Bayern, on Sunday night with a 2-1 win at bottom side Cologne thanks to goals by Lukas Klostermann and Yussuf Poulsen.

Japan striker Yuyu Osako scored a late consolation goal for Cologne, who have one point from their first seven games.

Veteran Peru striker Claudio Pizarro, 38, the Bundesliga’s all-time top-scoring foreign player with 191 goals, made his debut for Cologne after signing on Friday.

Hof fen hei m c r a s he d t o t heir f irst Bundesliga defeat of the season with a shock 3-2 loss at str ugglers Freiburg.

Hoffenheim dropped to third, but level with Bayern on 14 points.

Dortmund ground out a 2-1 win at Augsburg on Saturday, even though star striker PierreEmerick Aubameyang squandered a second-half penalty.

Their win lifted Freiburg out of the relegation zone, at the expense of Hamburg, who were held to a goalless draw at home by Werder Bremen on Saturday, leaving both teams in the relegation places.