Lewandowski special hands Bayern last-gasp win

Title hopefuls Nice held at Bastia after match marred by an ugly incident

Robert Lewandowski’s 91st-minute strike snatched victory for Bayern Munich in their 2-1 comeback win at Freiburg in subzero temperatures on Friday as the Bundesliga resumed after the winter break.

Lewandowski, last season’s top scorer in Germany, showed his class with two superb strikes at Freiburg’s sold-out Schwarzwald Stadion.

Having volleyed Bayern level in the first-half, to cancel out Freiburg’s shock early lead, the Poland hot-shot chested the ball down, flicked it off his left foot and fired home the winner off his right.

The victory leaves Bayern six points clear of second-placed RB Leipzig, who host Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday.

“It was a hard game, we didn’t have so many chances, so we have to be happy with the three points,” Lewandowski told broadcaster ARD.

“We had a bit of luck. We were a bit slow at the back, we tried everything and they defended well. You have to be patient in games like that and I am just glad we got the win. It’s not easy to play in temperatures like that.”

Bayern coach Carlo Ancelotti was impressed with his team’s character, not their performance. “We played a good opponent, who invested a lot, but we simply didn’t play well,” said the Italian.

“What I did like was the will and the character the team showed, but we can’t be happy with the way we played, only with the result.”

Freiburg, who stunned Bayern with a shock 2-1 defeat when the sides last met at the Schwarzwald Stadion in May 2015, took an early lead on four minutes.

Meanwhile, French title hopefuls Nice edged provisionally a point clear of Monaco but were on Friday lamenting the Freiburg Las Palmas Nice 1 1 Bayern Munich 2 Dep. La Coruna 1 Bastia 1

Bayern Munich coach

loss of two points in a 1-1 draw at lowly Bastia.

The match was marred by an ugly incident beforehand when police reported some Bastia fans stoned the Nice team bus, breaking two windows, as it arrived at the Armand Cesari stadium.

Nice, welcoming back former Italy, Manchester City and Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli from suspension, had to come from behind as Congolese midfielder Prince Oniangue put the hosts ahead on 17 minutes.

Nice levelled through Arnaud Souquet just after the half hour.