Bayern Munich completed a decade of domestic dominance by beating main rival Borussia Dortmund 3-1 to seal a record-extending 10th consecutive Bundesliga title.
Mahmoud Dahoud's 89th-minute winner on Saturday after Jude Bellingham equalized in the 86th moved Dortmund six points behind Bayern Munich a day after the league leader's 2-1 loss at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach.
The 19-year-old Pepi, who joined Augsburg from Major League Soccer’s Dallas on Monday, came on in the 60th minute with his new team already 2-1 down.
The first game after the league's winter break was in doubt due to a host of infections at both clubs with Bayern particularly hard hit.
The hosts caught the best possible start as the 'Foals' opened the scoring with their first chance of the game after Joe Scally's lay-up by header allowed Florian Neuhaus to slot home from 14 meters in the 6th minute, on Wednesday night.
The Bavarians took the reins on the road from the starting whistle as Gnabry posed a lot of danger after coming close in the 10th minute before Stuttgart goalkeeper Florian Muller denied the German international 10 minutes later in a late Tuesday encounter.
Bayern's win restored a commanding lead in its pursuit of a 10th consecutive Bundesliga title and all but ensured the team will take the symbolic prize of being top at the Christmas break, with two games to go.
The hosts overran Arminia's defence, but Bayern remained wasteful as neither Leroy Sane nor Robert Lewandowski could beat the visitors' goalkeeper Bielefeld Stefan Ortega despite promising chances.
Serge Gnabry, Jamal Musiala, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting and Michael Cuisance have to self-isolate after coming in contact with a person, who tested COVID positive.
Bouncing back from a rare loss to Eintracht Frankfurt in its last game, Bayern dismantled Leverkusen 5-1 on Sunday with two goals apiece from Robert Lewandowski and Serge Gnabry.
Khaled Narey, who is Black and played for Hamburg before joining Fortuna, said on Instagram on Sunday that some fans 'racially abused me during the game and threw beer at me.'
The teams are level on points at the top of the league going into Sunday's match. Although it's only been seven games
German football player Dennis Erdmann was found to have racially abused opposing players during a third division game and banned for eight weeks
Nagelsmann was Leipzig coach until the end of last season and two of his Bayern players, defender Dayot Upamecano and midfielder Marcel Sabitzer, were on that Leipzig team, too.
German football clubs resisted last-minute splurges on players with Leipzig’s signing of Ilaix Moriba from Barcelona the most eye-catching move on the last day of the summer transfer window.
Serge Gnabry scored twice and Robert Lewandowski got the other goal to ensure Bayern Munich victory against Cologne at home ground.
Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham all play their first away games of the Premier League season as they seek second straight wins.
Some 23,000 supporters were allowed at the game under new regulations that permit up to 25,000 or half capacity, whichever is greater.
Bayern begins its bid for a record-extending 10th consecutive German championship at Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday.
Lewandowski missed a host of chances before he finally struck in the 90th minute of Bayern Munich’s 5-2 win over Augsburg.
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