Niko Kovac continued his perfect start at Bayern Munich as Arjen Robben's volley helped the Bundesliga champions beat Bayer Leverkusen 3-1.
2018/2019 Bundesliga
3-1
Match Events
5' Penalty Goal! Bayern Munich 0-1 Leverkusen (Wendell)
Goal! FC Bayern München 0, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Wendell (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
10' GOAL! Bayern Munich 1-1 Leverkusen (Tolisso)
Goal! FC Bayern München 1, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Corentin Tolisso (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
19' GOAL! Bayern Munich 2-1 Leverkusen (Robben)
Goal! FC Bayern München 2, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. Arjen Robben (FC Bayern München) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the top left corner.
31' CHANCE! Robben's shot wide out
80' Red Card! Bellarabi sent off
Karim Bellarabi (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) is shown the red card.
89' GOAL! Bayern Munich 3-1 Leverkusen (J. Rodríguez)
Goal! FC Bayern München 3, Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1. James Rodríguez (FC Bayern München) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thiago Alcántara.
Match Report
Arjen Robben scored a stunner as Bayern Munich came from behind to claim a 3-1 victory over Bundesliga strugglers Bayer Leverkusen, who were reduced to 10 men late on.
Wendell's fifth-minute penalty put Leverkusen ahead at the Allianz Arena, with referee Tobias Welz having ordered the spot-kick to be retaken after Kevin Volland had missed his initial effort.
Bayern quickly equalised through Corentin Tolisso, however, and the hosts took the lead when Robben sensationally volleyed home in the 19th minute.
Line-ups
Bayern München XI: Robben, M. Neuer, Rafinha, J. Boateng, T. Müller, R. Lewandowski, Thiago Alcântara, N. Süle, Gnabry, C. Tolisso, J. Kimmich
Subs: Ribéry, J.Martínez, Sven Ulreich, Alaba, Wagner, J. Rodríguez, R.Sanches
Bayer Leverkusen XI: Lukás Hrádecky, S.Bender, L.Bender, Dragovic, Volland, Wendell, D.Kohr, T. Jedvaj, J.Tah, Bailey, Havertz
Subs: Ramazan Özcan, Bellarabi, M.Weiser, I. Thelin, L. Alario, J. Brandt, Paulinho