Bayern leave it late, Dortmund down Hannover
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Thomas Muller converted a 90th minute penalty as Bayern Munich came back from a goal down to defeat Bavarian rivals Augsburg 2-1 while Borussia Dortmund also made it four German Bundesliga wins from four on Saturday. Robert Lewandowski began the champions' comeback as the Polish international struck with 13 minutes left after Alexander Esswein had opened the scoring for the visitors on the stroke of half-time.
However, as the match appeared to be heading for a draw, the referee pointed to the spot with time running out when Douglas Costa was brought down by Markus Feulner, which allowed the cool-headed Muller to snatch the points for Bayern.
Dortmund kept pace with their bitter rivals after they rode a pair of penalties from Gabonese international Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to come back and defeat Hanover 4-2 at the HDI-Arena. Artur Sobiech had given the winless hosts an 18th minute lead before Aubameyang converted the first of his spot-kicks tenminutes before half-time.
Henrik Mikhitaryan put Dortmund in front for the first time just before the break before Sobiech grabbed his second on 53 minutes to level the match at 2-2. Brazilian defender Felipe was the unfortunate victim of an own goal with 23 minutes left to give Dortmund the lead for the second time before Aubameyang slotted home his second penalty on 85 minutes to put the result beyond doubt.
Elsewhere, promoted Darmstadt found the back of the net after just eight minutes against Bayer Leverkusen thanks to captain Aytac Sulu as they held on for a 1-0 win, their first top flight victory in 33 years.
Hertha Berlin picked up their second win of the season with goals from Japanese international Genki Haraguchi and captain Fabian Lustenberger to edge Stuttgart 2-1 while Ingolstadt and Wolfsburg finished 0-0.
Last year's leading scorer Alex Meier marked his return from injury with a hat-trick as Eintracht Frankfurt thumped Cologne 6-2.