Gnabry to the rescue as Bayern kick-off campaign under Kompany with win

Bayern Munich had to come from behind to win their Bundesliga opener, beating Wolfsburg 3-2 to get Vincent Kompany off to a winning start.

A late goal by Serge Gnabry secured Bayern Munich a hard-fought 3-2 victory at Wolfsburg on Sunday, giving Vincent Kompany a winning start in the Bundesliga.

Wolfsburg started brightly, but the visitors made the better chances in the first half, taking the lead after fine work by Sacha Boey down the right to set up Jamal Musiala for an easy tap-in.

However, Bayern were punished for a slow start after the break, as Boey brought down Tiago Tomas in the box, and Lovro Majer made no mistake from the spot.

Wolfsburg created all kinds of trouble for the visitors’ defense, and Majer gave them the lead in the 55th minute, having also struck the post shortly before.

Thomas Muller became Bayern’s all-time record appearance-maker in the Bundesliga seconds before Jakub Kaminski’s own goal leveled the scores in the 65th minute. 

But Gnabry struck with eight minutes left on the clock to secure all three points for the Bavarians.

While the plaudits from the game will go to the goalscorers, Muller cemented himself in the Bayern history books with the most appearances – Sunday was his 474th Bundesliga match for the club, overtaking Sepp Maier.

Bayern have now scored in each of their last 32 Bundesliga games against Wolfsburg (93 goals in total). It’s the longest-scoring run against any particular side in their history.

The visitors are now unbeaten in their season-opener in each of the last 13 seasons (won 11, drawn two), a new record for a team in Bundesliga history.

Up next for Bayern is a home game against Freiburg as they will look to build on their maiden win this season.