Bundesliga Matchday 4 in Pictures
There was plenty of luck and misfortune in the latest round of Bundesliga action. Schalke striker Klaas-Jan Huntelaar had a lot of one and little but of the other. Here are the best pictures from this weekend.
Huntelaar takes second bite of cherry
Grading Klass-Jan Huntelaar's performance in Schalke's 2-1 home win against Mainz is a difficult task. The Hunter had six shots on goal in the match, including a penalty, and managed to squander five of them - often in laughable fashion. But he was world class for one moment, lashing in a screamer for the game-winner. Hard to argue with that.
"Pizza" delivers assist as Werder beat Hoffenheim
Werder Bremen fan favorite Claudio Pizarro began his third stint with the club by contributing to a lucky 3-1 win in Hoffenheim. In added time, the Peruvian stumbled a long ball over to teammate Anthony Ujah (struggling with his shirt), who scored the game-winner. Werder will hope that "Pizza" continues in such talismanic form.
Hamburg hammers Gladbach
Who would have thought it? Hamburg beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 3-0 at Borussia-Park. The Foals have endured a horrible start to the season, losing all four of their games and look bereft of confidence. Pierre-Michel Lasogga punished poor defending to continue Hamburg's competent start to the campaign.
Bayern Dusel?
Referee Knut Kircher admitted he called it wrong. But it was too late: Bayern took the points and denied Markus Weinzierl another famous result against Pep Guardiola. For 77 minutes, Augsburg were in with a chance of that. Alexander Esswein's goal was canceled out by Robert Lewandowski, before Thomas Müller scored the bizarrely awarded spot-kick.
Dortmund roll on
Nine games, nine wins. It's fair to say that the Thomas Tuchel reign at Borussia Dortmund has started well. The yellow-and-blacks have had the best start of any Bundesliga club in the league's 53 years. Helped by a shocking performance from Hannover's Felipe, Dortmund scored four with Aubameyang getting a brace, his ninth in all competitions of the season.
Ingolstadt and Wolfsburg stall
Nobody won the battle of the car giants: Wolfsburg and Ingolstadt. The former handed debuts to Julian Draxler and Dante, but neither could fire the Wolves to three points. Ingolstadt has now won two and drawn once in their first ever Bundesliga season.
Darmstadt living the dream
The 2,000 travelling Darmstadt fans will be passing on their Leverkusen tales for decades to come. They witnessed the club's first Bundesliga win in 33 years - against a side competing in the Champions League next week. Captain Aytac Sulu scored early to settle nerves and the Lillies battled admirably to hold on to the points in Leverkusen.
Berliners sink Stuttgart
Alexander Zorniger and Stuttgart will be starting to worry, after their first four matches have ended in defeat. Genki Haraguchi and Fabian Lustenberger fired the capital club to three points, punishing some poor defending in the Stuttgart ranks. Vedad Ibisevic made his debut for the Berliners, who won 2-1, but he couldn't rub salt into the wounds.
Magic Meier
Alexander Meier scored his first Bundesliga hat-trick in more than 270 games as Frankfurt demolished Cologne 6-2 in Saturday's late fixture. Meier has spent the summer recovering from injury, but needed just four minutes to open his account for the season. The two sides swap places: Cologne slip to fifth; Frankfurt move to fourth.