Bayern were twice pegged back by Paderborn, but Lewandowski's late strike sealed the points.
Match Reports
Lewandowski scored a late winner to send Bayern Munich four points clear at the top of the Bundesliga with a 3-2 over bottom side Paderborn.
Hansi Flick's men twice saw a one-goal lead erased by their lowly visitors in an absorbing encounter, with efforts from Serge Gnabry and Lewandowski cancelled out by Dennis Srbeny and Sven Michel.
However, two minutes from the end of normal time Gnabry and Lewandowski combined to seal maximum points for Bayern, albeit in unconvincing fashion.
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Match Events
4' OFFSIDE! Mamba scores but goal is disallowed
Mamba runs clear of the Bayern defence and the flag stays down. The Paderborn forward shoots under Neuer, but the linesman indicates for offside as soon as the ball hits the net. Replays show Mamba was clearly offside.
17' WHAT A CHANCE missed by Lewandowski!
Odriozola and Lewandowski cannot quite link up! Kimmich lifts a gorgeous pass into Coutinho in the box, the midfielder in turn slipping a reverse pass through to Odriozola. The loan star drills in a cross, and Lewandowski has the goal gaping, but the ball is just behind the number nine, who can only wave a leg at the delivery.
25' GOAL! Bayern 1-0 Paderborn (Gnabry)
The winger does really well to keep control of the ball in the area, surrounded by Paderborn defenders, and dires into the bottom-right corner.
44' GOAL! Bayern 1-1 Paderborn (Srbeny)
This is awful from Bayern! Srbeny runs alone in pursuit of a ball in behind and beats Neuer to the ball on the right wing. It is a really dreadful attempt at a tackle from Neuer, allowing Srbeny to cut inside and run at goal. The recovering Bayern defenders dive in front of the ball, but the Paderborn man cuts onto his left and drills into the net.
70' GOAL! Bayern 2-1 Paderborn (Lewandowski)
He does not miss those! 2-1 Bayern! The hosts press Bayern and win the ball back on the left. Gnabry cuts the ball back for Lewandowski to fire in from 10 yards. Simple stuff.
75' GOAL! Bayern 2-2 Paderborn (Michel)
Bayern are farcically caught out on the counter despite leading! Jastrzembski dashes down the left and hammers in a powerful shot that Neuer can only parry. Michel cannot miss this time, tapping into an open goal.Paderborn are 15 minutes away from a huge draw.
88' GOAL! Bayern 3-2 Paderborn (Lewandowski)
Paderborn are opened up, and there are Bayern players queueing up in the middle to meet a left-wing cross. Lewandowski sidefoots into a gaping goal.
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