Jan 25, 2026
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Augsburg scored twice in six minutes late in the second half to beat Bayern Munich, while Ethan Nwaneri scored on his Marseille debut.
Augsburg came from a goal down and scored twice in the final six minutes of the second half to beat hosts Bayern Munich 2-1 in the Bavarian derby on Saturday.
The home side, fresh from a 2-0 win over Union Saint-Gilloise on Wednesday to book a place in the Champions League play-offs, took a 23rd-minute lead through Hiroki Ito's header, but there was no spark in attack as Augsburg scored in the 75th and 81st minutes from Arthur Chavez and Han-Noah Massengo for their first win in 1 year.
"I've always believed that the Bundesliga is not easy and every game has a certain risk," Vincent Kompany said."We were solid in the first half but not very creative. Overall, I'm more disappointed with the result than the performance.
"We just didn't have the energy in the second half to get us all the way across the line. That's what it is. We've got a lot going, but now it's all about firing."
Bayern, unbeaten in their previous 27 league games going back to early March, never hit their stride but still dominated the first half, taking the lead through Ito's header from Michael Olise's corner.It was Olise's 14th assist in the league and 22nd in all competitions this season.
Bayern, who travel to PSV Eindhoven for their final Champions League tie on Wednesday, missed several more good chances through Harry Kane, Louis Daz and Lennert Karl before the visitors made the best of it when Robin Felhar struck a powerful header with the last goal of the first half.
Augsburg found more and more space after the break, with Bayern's pace slowing further and testing home goalkeeper Jonas Urbig with a shot from Elvis Rexhbecaj and a fine free-kick from Alexis Claude-Maurice.
They got a deserved draw when Chaves headed home from a corner.Six minutes later, they completed their sensational comeback as Massengo pounced on a short-range rebound from Dimitris Giannoulis.Bayern hit the post with an Olise shot in stoppage time.
Borussia Dortmund beat former hosts Union Berlin 3-0 to close the gap on Bayern, while also cementing their place in second place with their third league win in a row.
After Dortmund captain Emre Can converted his 10th-minute penalty, Sergio Guerrazzi was demoted to take the driver's seat.Nico Schlotterback then doubled his lead to 53 when he rose above all of his goalkeepers at the far post to head the ball into the top corner.
Gerasi should have added another goal in the 83rd but he shot over the bar from two meters out.Maximilian Baer made amends a minute later with a low shot to secure the three points.The win lifted Dortmund to 42 points, eight behind Bayern.
RB Leipzig are fourth after a 3-0 win over bottom club Heidenheim.Three of the visitors' goals came in eight minutes of the second half.Antonio Nusa and David Raum quickly sealed victory and Riddle Baku broke the deadlock in the 62nd minute with a fine strike into the top corner.
Bayer Leverkusen boosted their hopes of a top-four finish as they scored the only goal at home against Werder Bremen.Max Moerstedt and Ozan Kabak were on target as third-placed Hoffenheim fought back to win 3-1 against Eintracht Frankfurt.Mainz moved into the last two with a 3-1 win over Wolfsburg.
Kylian Mbappe scored twice in the second half as Real Madrid won 2-0 at Villarreal, moving above Barcelona in temporary pole position in La Liga.
The victory took Álvaro Arbeloa's side to 51 points, two points behind second-placed Barcelona, who will host bottom Oviedo on Sunday.Villa-real is fourth with 41, tied with Atletico Madrid.
Truly dominant from the start, Vinísius Jr. caused endless problems on the left, with the Brazilian's decisive moment coming after the first break. When he outpaced a defender and fed Mbappe into the penalty area in the 47th minute. Real continued to control the pace, allowing the French striker to finish easily from close range. And Mbappe sealed the win in injury time. They scored from the penalty spot after being clumsily fouled in the penalty area.
In Serie A, Como boosted their hopes of a first European qualification spot when they beat Torino 6-0.anastasios Dorgeous as they lost 2-1 at home to Caghili, Marco Palanga scored the decisive goal.
In Ligue 1, Ethan Nwaneri scored on his debut as Marseille beat Lens 3-1.The 18-year-old arrived at the club on loan from Arsenal this week and scored on his first start, cutting inside and firing a superb low shot into the far corner, either side of Amine Ghauri's two goals.Ryan Fofana scored a consolation at the death for Lens.Lorient came out with a 2-0 win over Rennes.extended their unbeaten run in the league to eight games, while Le Havre's clash with Monaco ended goalless.
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