Bayern Munich maintain perfect start in German Bundesliga

Josep Guardiola's men cruised to their third win of the season after beating Leverkusen 3-0 meanwhile Frankfurt inflicted Stuttgart the third straight loss at the third round in the German Bundesliga on Saturday.

The German record champions showed a faultless performance against harmless Bayer Leverkusen to reap their third win in as many matches. German international Thomas Mueller had large shares on the victory as he donated a brace within 60 minutes.

The defending champions dictated the pace from the kick-off against the visitors from Leverkusen. Thus, Bayern broke the deadlock with 26 minutes into the clash as Douglas Costa shrugged off one defender to set up for Mueller, who tapped in from inside the box.

Costa was again in the thick of things moments later but the Bayern new arrival rattled only the woodwork from very close range. Leverkusen showed a vital sign through Hakan Calhanoglu before the break, but his effort dropped only off the bar at the 37th minute.

Bayern were able to double their lead after the interval as Roberto Hilbert pushed down Arturo Vidal inside the box, allowing Mueller to sew up his brace from the spot at the one-hour mark.

However, Bayern weren't done with the scoring as Leverkusen's Hilbert caused another penalty after blocking the ball with his arms inside the penalty area. Arjen Robben converted the awarded penalty and rounded off the 3-0 victory against Leverkusen, who suffered their first defeat of the season. The 3-0 victory moved Bayern atop the standings with nine points for the moment.

Stuttgart's negative run continues as the "Swabians" suffered their third loss in row. Clinical Frankfurt showed no mercy with Stuttgart and snatched three points on the road.

Despite a good start into the game by Stuttgart, it were the "Eagles" who marked the opener against the run of the game as defender Adam Hlousek deflected Haris Seferovic's header into his own goal at the 11th minute.

Stuttgart recovered from the setback and took over to restore parity with 30 minutes into the game through Daniel Didavi, who poked home a ball into the area by Serey Die. The hosts had even the chance to grab the lead for the first time but Martin Harnik squandered the golden chance from two meters. Frankfurt's new arrival Luc Castaignos punished Stuttgart's wastefulness just before the break by making it 2-1 on the scoreboards.

Things changed from bad to worse for Stuttgart as goalkeeper Tyton Przemyslaw brought down Castaignos to see a straight red card and to cause a penalty at the 67th minute. Frankfurt's Haris Seferovic stepped up and converted the penalty for the 3-1 lead.

Hence, Stuttgart were unable to put up some resistance allowing Frankfurt to score the fourth goal of the afternoon as Castaignos wrapped up his brace with three minutes remaining.

With the result, Frankfurt sealed their first away win at Stuttgart since November 2014.

Cologne flabbergasted Hamburg with a two-minute comeback to earn their second win at the third game of the season.

Both sides staged and unspectacular first half in which scoring opportunities remained a rare occurrence. However, things chanced with the restart as Hamburg's Lewis Holtby scored the opener left footed following the assistance by Sven Schipplock at the 47th minute.

It looked like Hamburg could steal three points from Cologne but substitute Philipp Hosiner levelled the scores at the 79th minute before Hamburg's Emir Spahic saw a straight red card following a foul play inside the box two minutes later. Anthony Modeste stepped up and scored the 2-1 winner for the hosts to put the game beyond doubt.

Elsewhere, Hannover still waits for their first win of the season as they lost 3-0 to relentless Mainz. The "Nuellfuenfer" set the course for the win with two first-half goals by Yoshinori Muto.

Newly promoted Ingolstadt edged Augsburg 1-0 thanks to Mathew Leckie's 22-meter hammer and newly promoted Darmstadt shared the spoils with Hoffenheim following a goalless draw.

The following games are scheduled for Sunday: Dortmund clash with Berlin and Bremen encounter Monchengladbach.

Source: XINHUA