Nervy Bayern holds off late Augsburg comeback
Bayern Munich held on against a spirited Augsburg fightback in order to earn a 3-2 victory and continue its winning start to its Bundesliga title defence.
After a brilliant first half, Vincent Kompany's side had no answers as the second half went on, but managed to avoid a late shock.
Luis Diaz had a gaping goal in front of him 20 seconds in, but could not take advantage, as Michael Olise's cross clipped the back of his heels and bounced away from goal.
Bayern kept the pressure on, though, eventually earning its reward from Serge Gnabry in the 28th minute when he rose high to nod Harry Kane's cross into the bottom-left corner.
Diaz doubled the lead on the stroke of half-time, stretching out his leg to guide Konrad Laimer's low delivery past Finn Dahmen.
Olise scored the third three minutes after the break with his low effort deflecting past the goalkeeper.
However, Augsburg pulled its first goal back just five minutes later as an unmarked Kristijan Jakic volleyed past Manuel Neuer into the bottom-right corner.
The home fans were then given more hope in the 76th minute, when Sacha Boey failed to clear his lines and Mert Komur guided a low finish into the net with the help of a small deflection.
Augsburg was not able to find a late leveller, and wasn't happy late on as a nasty head collision between Boey and Fellhauer saw the latter taken from the field on a stretcher after receiving treatment.
Boey received a yellow card, much to the hosts' frustration.
Kompany focused on the positives after the win.
"The two goals we conceded obviously annoy us," he said. "But we had lots of chances and remained a threat. It was good in the first half, but not throughout the whole game.
"We did the right thing on the ball for long periods, otherwise we wouldn't have created so many chances. We need to be calmer in our defending at times.
"There's still work to do. It's a matter of staying calm and taking the tempo out of the game at certain moments. Then, you'll regain momentum. We conceded two goals from very few chances. That's what we need to work on, and we'll get it right.
"We came into the campaign on the back of a very short pre-season, and have won all four competitive matches – three of them away from home. We're now top of the table with six points, plus we've got a title. It's not perfect, but we'll manage it. We know what we need to work on."
