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European football review
Published
4:57 PM EDT, Sat August 22, 2015
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Substitute Robert Lewandowski (right) celebrates with Arturo Vidal after scoring Bayern Munich's late winner against Hoffenheim.
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The German champion had gone behind after nine seconds, as Kevin Volland (left) pounced on a defensive mistake to equal the Bundesliga's fastest goal with his team's first touch of the ball.
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Thomas Muller leveled just before halftime, forcing in the loose ball with his thigh after a cross by Douglas Costa was only parried by Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann.
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With 17 minutes to play, Bayern was reduced to 10 men when Germany defender Jerome Boateng was sent off for a second successive handball offense -- the latter when he tried to block a free-kick.
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However, Eugen Polanski fired the resulting penalty against the post.
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Then, in the 90th minute, new signing Costa broke free down the right and cut back for Lewandowski, who steered a low shot past Baumann to secure Bayern's second successive league win of the new season.
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In England, Manchester United dropped its first points in round three of the new Premier League campaign, drawing 0-0 at home to Newcastle. Captain Wayne Rooney, seeking to end a goal drought, had an early effort ruled out for offside.
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Leicester tops the table above United on goal difference after Riyad Mahrez scored his fourth goal this season to earn a 1-1 draw at Tottenham.
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Last season's runner-up Roma needed this spectacular strike from midfielder Alessandro Florenzi to earn a 1-1 draw at Hellas Verona in the opening match of the new Serie A season.
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Atletico Madrid kicked off the new Spanish season with a 1-0 victory over promoted Las Palmas. French forward Antoine Griezmann, Atletico's top scorer in 2014-15, celebrates his first-half winner.