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Bayern Munich thwarted again as Hamburger SV grabs draw in 'boring' Bundesliga
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Bayern Munich thwarted again as Hamburger SV grabs draw in 'boring' Bundesliga

2026-02-01 04:02 Last Updated At:04:10

Bayern Munich is on a winless streak of two games.

Hamburger SV stunned the Bavarian powerhouse on Saturday by fighting for a 2-2 draw in the Bundesliga, one week after Bayern was dealt its first defeat of the season by Augsburg.

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Hamburg's Fabio Vieira, center, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Hamburg's Fabio Vieira, center, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Munich's scorer Harry Kane reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Munich's scorer Harry Kane reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Munich's head coach Vincent Kompany applauds after the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Munich's head coach Vincent Kompany applauds after the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Munich's Joshua Kimmich reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Munich's Joshua Kimmich reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Leverkusen's head coach Kasper Hjulmand gestures during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Leverkusen's head coach Kasper Hjulmand gestures during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Leverkusen's Alejandro Grimaldo, second right, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Leverkusen's Alejandro Grimaldo, second right, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Frankfurt's Mario Goetze, right, and Leverkusen's Equi Fernandez, left, challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Frankfurt's Mario Goetze, right, and Leverkusen's Equi Fernandez, left, challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Leverkusen's Malik Tillmann, right, celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Leverkusen's Malik Tillmann, right, celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Hamburg needed luck as well as grit, with Bayern twice hitting the goal-frame and having two penalty appeals turned down in stoppage time.

“It was journalists who said the Bundesliga is boring. We never said the Bundesliga was easy,” Bayern board member for sport Max Eberl said.

Hamburg started well before visiting Bayern began dominating. Hamburg goalkeeper Daniel Heuer Fernandes denied Michael Olise, then Lennart Karl, who had an early goal ruled out after Harry Kane fouled the goalie.

Then Joshua Kimmich conceded a penalty for tripping Nicolai Remberg. Fábio Vieira sent the spot kick inside the left post in the 34th to send the home fans wild.

Bayern didn’t panic. Kimmich was unable to score from Serge Gnabry’s cross but the ball sat up for Kane to turn in just before halftime. It was the England star’s 22nd league goal of the season.

Bayern coach Vincent Kompany — himself a former Hamburg player — sent Luis Díaz on for Karl after the break and it took only a minute for the Colombia forward to score after Olise played him in.

Hamburg defender Luka Vušković headed the response seven minutes later and there might have been more but Alphonso Davies raced back to make a goal-saving clearance in the 74th.

“It would have been a little more magical if we got the third goal,” Vušković said. The 18-year-old Croatian is on loan at Hamburg from Tottenham.

Hamburg, promoted to the Bundesliga last season after a seven-year absence, climbed to 13th in the 18-team division.

Eintracht Frankfurt’s winless run stretched to eight games across all competitions after a 3-1 loss at home to Bayer Leverkusen.

It was the sixth game from seven this year that Frankfurt conceded three goals.

Spanish coach Albert Riera takes over on Monday and the size of his task is clear since Frankfurt fired Dino Toppmöller on Jan. 18 — fix that leaky defense after four straight defeats.

Brazilian defender Arthur scored the first goal in the 26th minute for Leverkusen — it was also the first across five afternoon games — by beating goalkeeper Kaua Santos at his near post after Álex Grimaldo set him up with his heel.

Malik Tillman made it 2-0 with a fine low strike inside the right post. That was the American forward’s third goal in two games including the midweek 3-0 win at Villarreal in the Champions League.

Robin Koch pulled one back and Frankfurt was much improved after the break but Ellyes Skhiri was sent off with his second yellow card in the 70th.

Aleix Garcia got Leverkusen’s third on a counterattack in stoppage time.

Also, Mainz came from behind to win in Leipzig 2-1, Hoffenheim defeated Union Berlin 3-1, Augsburg enjoyed a 2-1 win over St. Pauli, and Werder Bremen scored late to salvage a 1-1 draw at home with Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Referees are in the spotlight after debatable penalty decisions in several games.

Robert Schröder decided against awarding Frankfurt an early spot kick even after consulting replays that showed Leverkusen’s Robert Andrich striking Arnaud Kalimuendo’s leg.

Augsburg’s Marius Wolf conceded a spot kick for connecting with St. Pauli’s Manolis Saliakas after clearing the ball. Augsburg coach Manuel Baum was booked for his protests. There was no VAR intervention.

Leipzig’s David Raum was penalized for an apparent foul on Mainz’s Phillip Tietz before the interval, allowing Nadiem Amiri to equalize for 1-1. Tietz later set up Silas for the winner.

Union Berlin’s Leopold Querfeld was penalized for a foul on Hoffenheim’s Fisnik Asllani while clearing the ball. Andrej Kramarić scored the resultant spot kick and got another goal three minutes later.

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Hamburg's Fabio Vieira, center, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Hamburg's Fabio Vieira, center, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Munich's scorer Harry Kane reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Munich's scorer Harry Kane reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Munich's head coach Vincent Kompany applauds after the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Munich's head coach Vincent Kompany applauds after the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Munich's Joshua Kimmich reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Munich's Joshua Kimmich reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and FC Bayern Munich in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Marcus Brandt/dpa via AP)

Leverkusen's head coach Kasper Hjulmand gestures during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Leverkusen's head coach Kasper Hjulmand gestures during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Leverkusen's Alejandro Grimaldo, second right, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Leverkusen's Alejandro Grimaldo, second right, celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Frankfurt's Mario Goetze, right, and Leverkusen's Equi Fernandez, left, challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Frankfurt's Mario Goetze, right, and Leverkusen's Equi Fernandez, left, challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Leverkusen's Malik Tillmann, right, celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

Leverkusen's Malik Tillmann, right, celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026 (Marc Schueler/dpa via AP)

PARIS (AP) — Marseille followed its embarrassing Champions League exit by throwing away a two-goal lead in a 2-2 draw at Paris FC in Ligue 1 on Saturday.

Players stood with hands on hips at the final whistle after yet another sloppy performance where poor defending resurfaced.

“I’m taking this badly, very badly. It’s difficult to explain," Marseille coach Roberto De Zerbi said. "The lights went out in the last 10 minutes.”

Marseille's 3-0 loss at Club Brugge on Wednesday, coupled with Benfica's remarkable injury-time goal against Real Madrid, sent De Zerbi's side into 25th place in the Champions League table and into the elimination zone.

De Zerbi's side took an early lead at Paris FC thanks to a Mason Greenwood penalty and the English forward set up veteran striker Pierre-Emerick to make it 2-0 in the 54th.

Then it went wrong for Marseille, which has long been hindered by a lack of composure.

Paris FC winger Jonathan Ikoné scored in the 82nd and midfielder Ilan Kebbal equalized with a stoppage-time penalty, after goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli clumsily fouled a player when claiming a high ball.

Not for the first time, De Zerbi questioned the attitude of his players.

“In order to win you need to be hungry, to show desire until the end," De Zerbi said. ”It's a quality you need to have and I've told the players this."

Marseille was six points behind second-placed Paris Saint-Germain — which plays on Sunday — and seven adrift of leader Lens, which won on Friday.

De Zerbi now needs to motivate his players for a French Cup tie at home to Rennes on Tuesday.

“That match could come tonight or in one year, it changes nothing because what we're doing right now isn't good enough,” De Zerbi said. “We have to be ready, give everything.”

Also, defender Arsène Kouassi scored an 89th-minute winner as mid-table Lorient beat struggling Nantes 2-1.

Later Saturday, Monaco hosted Rennes at Stade Louis II.

Defending champion PSG plays at Strasbourg on Sunday.

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Marseille's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reacts during the French League One soccer match between Paris FC and Marseille in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Marseille's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reacts during the French League One soccer match between Paris FC and Marseille in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Marseille's head coach Roberto De Zerbi gives instructions during the French League One soccer match between Paris FC and Marseille in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Marseille's head coach Roberto De Zerbi gives instructions during the French League One soccer match between Paris FC and Marseille in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Paris FC's Ilan Kebbal, right, scores his side's 2nd goal from the penalty spot during the French League One soccer match between Paris FC and Marseille in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Paris FC's Ilan Kebbal, right, scores his side's 2nd goal from the penalty spot during the French League One soccer match between Paris FC and Marseille in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Marseille's Facundo Medina reacts after Paris FC's Ilan Kebbal scoring from the penalty spot during the French League One soccer match between Paris FC and Marseille in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Marseille's Facundo Medina reacts after Paris FC's Ilan Kebbal scoring from the penalty spot during the French League One soccer match between Paris FC and Marseille in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Marseille's Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, center, reacts after Paris FC's Ilan Kebbal scoring from the penalty spot during the French League One soccer match between Paris FC and Marseille in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Marseille's Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, center, reacts after Paris FC's Ilan Kebbal scoring from the penalty spot during the French League One soccer match between Paris FC and Marseille in Paris, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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