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Eintracht Frankfurt got off to a flying start at home to Hamburg, with Takashi Inui (2nd from l.) curling in a classy opener Olivier Occean (3rd from r.) soon doubled the home side's advantage... ...but Heiko Westermann (l.) forced home for Hamburg to reduce the arrears shortly before the interval. Unfortunately for Hamburg, Petr Jiracek was dismissed for serious foul play... ...paving the way for Frankfurt to extend their lead through Stefan Aigner (r.) Heung-Min Son pulled another one back for Hamburg to make for a tense finale, but Frankfurt held firm to move level top of the standings with Bayern Mathieu Delpierre boosted Hoffenheim's hopes of getting off the mark this season with an early opener in Freiburg However, Freiburg soon hit back, first equalising through Karim Guede... ...and then turning the tables completely as Max Kruse put them in front After Boris Vukcevic's equaliser, Hoffenheim again fell behind to Fallou Diagne's third for Freiburg, but Takashi Usami (r.) brought the visitors level again at 3-3 The hosts were not about to have victory snatched from their grasp again, though, and sewed up the points with goals from Cedrick Makiadi (l.) and Sebastian Freis to being a thrilling end to the game Julian Draxler scored a peach to put Schalke on the road to victory in Fürth Lewis Holtby (l.) later added a second to ensure an ultimately comfortable 2-0 win for the Royal Blues Among the Trolli Arena crowd was former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, born in Fürth and a lifelong fan of the Clover Leaves Mario Mandzukic (bottom) applied a simple finish to give Bayern an early lead against Mainz Bastian Schweinsteiger soon made it 2-0 with a straightforward header from Holger Badstuber's cross Adam Szalai pulled one back for the visitors from the spot to give Bayern something to sweat over in the second half... ...but Toni Kroos (l.) struck a superb third in added time to make absolutely sure of the points in an eventual 3-1 success Saturday afternoon's top match between Dortmund and Leverkusen welcomed no less than German Chancellor Angela <br>Merkel (l.), enjoying the game alongside League President Dr. Reinhard Rauball in support of the 'Go Your Way' initiative Champions Dortmund took a while to get going but broke the deadlock with almost half an hour gone through Mats Hummels' (2nd from r.) header Jakub Blaszczykowski (l.) tucked in Dortmund's second before the first half was out Polish striker Robert Lewandowski then added a third - his first of the new campaign - to bump the final score up to 3-0 Swiss international Timm Klose (l.) opened the scoring for Nuremberg in what turned out to be an entertaining trip to Borussia Mönchengladbach Belgian international Timmy Simons doubled the Franconians' advantage... ...only for Luuk de Jong (2nd from l.) to net his first goal for Gladbach and kick-start the Foals' comeback Fellow new signing Granit Xhaka (l.) subsequently pulled the hosts level on 53 minutes... ..but Nuremberg were ahead again just two minutes later - Hiroshi Kiyotake netting what proved to be the winner in an enthralling 3-2 success Unfortunately there was no such goalfeast to be had in Stuttgart, where the hosts shared the points in a 0-0 draw with promoted side Fortuna Düsseldorf The goalless draw was a special occasion for Andreas Lambertz (l.) nonetheless - the Fortuna captain became <br>the first German player to play in all four top tiers with the same club as he made his Bundesliga debut aged 27 It was goals aplenty in Hanover, meanwhile, where Leon Andreasen struck yet again to double <br>the 96ers' lead over Werder Bremen after Szabolcs Huszti had opened the scoring Bremen hit back, though, with Aaron Hunt netting his second penalty in as many games... ...before summer signing Kevin de Bruyne drew the Green-Whites level with little over a quarter of an hour to play Still, the 'Magical Magyar' Huszti was in inspired form yet again and netted acrobatically late on to give Mirko Slomka's side a 3-2 victory Augsburg and Wolfsburg kicked off Matchday 3 in the Bundesliga with a goalless draw - both sides <br>sported the <i>Geh deinen Weg</i> (Go Your Way) logo in support of the campaign for integration. Unfortunately chances remained at a premium at the SGL arena. Wolfsburg's new signing Fagner <br>(l., challenging Augsburg's Matthias Ostrzolek) looked an interesting prospect on the right of defence, though. Up front Aristide Bance (m.) was given next to no room to manouevre by the Wolfsburg defence. Brazilian star Diego did his best to create an opening in the second period, but ultimately there was no breakthrough and each side had to settle for a point.
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