Robin Fellhauer scored after just eight seconds against Bayern Munich on Saturday to record the fastest goal in Bundesliga history, but the German champions twice came from a goal down to salvage a 2-2 draw at Augsburg.
Fellhauer pounced on a blunder by Manuel Neuer, who attempted to clear the ball but sent it straight to the Augsburg player. The strike beat the previous record by a single second, a mark that had been held jointly by Kevin Volland and Karim Bellarabi. It was a notable setting for the feat: Bayern’s only league defeat in their past 48 matches came against Augsburg in January.
The visitors responded after the break, with Ismael Saibari scoring the equaliser as Bayern raised the tempo of their game. But a second Neuer error restored Augsburg’s lead in the 64th minute, the 40-year-old goalkeeper punching Calvin Brackelmann’s shot into the path of Rodrigo Ribeiro, who had only to push the ball over the line.
Bayern battled back once more when Harry Kane, who had hit the woodwork in the first half, cut the ball back for Nathaniel Brown to tap in the equaliser with ten minutes remaining.
There was drama elsewhere in the Bundesliga as Bayer Leverkusen claimed a rollercoaster 4-3 win at Mainz. Robert Andrich gave Leverkusen the lead with a superb volley after just five minutes, and Patrik Schick doubled the advantage with a smart finish four minutes later. Anthony Caci dragged Mainz back into the contest, scoring twice to level the match before half-time. Second-half goals from Jarell Quansah and Moussa Diaby put Leverkusen back in control, before Benedict Hollerbach grabbed a late third for Mainz.
Hamburg, meanwhile, snatched a late 3-2 win at Hoffenheim. Yussuf Poulsen bundled in an early opener for the visitors, before Fisnik Asllani jabbed home an equally scrappy equaliser. Bambase Conte put Hoffenheim in front with a brilliant shot from outside the area early in the second half, but a red card for his teammate Bernardo swung the game back in Hamburg’s favour. The visitors had one late equaliser ruled out by the video assistant referee before Terem Moffi equalised with an 83rd-minute header and Miro Muheim grabbed a stoppage-time winner.
In Saturday’s other games, goals from Jeff Chabot and Chris Fuehrich sealed a comfortable 2-0 win for Stuttgart at Paderborn, while Livan Burcu struck late to hand Union Berlin a nervy 1-0 win at home to Elversberg.
In La Liga, Rayo Vallecano’s match against Athletic Club was abandoned because of home fans at the Vallecas stadium throwing objects onto the pitch in a protest against the club president, Raúl Martin Presa. In the 13th minute, Rayo supporters threw paper aeroplanes, rubber balls and other objects, leading the referee to pause the game and send the players to the dressing rooms. After the teams came back out to resume play, the fans continued to throw objects and the match was abandoned with the score goalless.