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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23555061" data-attributes="member: 158020">Bayern Munich 3 Hoffenheim 1:  Champions survive scare to secure Kovac a winning start   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/08/24/21/4F5E2A0A00000578-6095891-image-a-67_1535142684331.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Niko Kovac secured a first Bundesliga victory in charge of Bayern Munich as  the champions commenced their title defence with a nervy 3-1 win over Hoffenheim  on Friday.Robert Lewandowski converted an 82nd minute penalty at the second  attempt before Arjen Robben struck in stoppage time to seal all three  points.    It appeared as though new boss Kovac would be forced to settle for a point  when Adam Szalai produced a classy 57th-minute finish to cancel out Thomas  Muller's earlier header.      But the reigning champions, who lost Kingsley Coman to a concerning ankle  injury, were given a lifeline when substitute Havard Nordtveit brought down  Franck Ribery with under 10 minutes remaining.Lewandowski, recently vocal in the  press about feeling unsupported by Bayern, had his first attempt at the winner  saved by Oliver Baumann, and Robben's successful follow-up was ruled out for  encroachment.   The prolific Poland striker was subsequently sent back to the spot and made  no mistake as Robben eventually joined him on the scoresheet with a clinical  finish at the death.   Bayern had started like a team that finished 21 points clear last season and  their ominous opening was rewarded thanks to Muller's header from a Joshua  Kimmich corner in the 23rd minute. They did suffer a setback when Coman hobbled  off following a crude late challenge from Nico Schulz, and Kovac's headaches  mounted 12 minutes after the interval as Szalai punished some sleepy  defending.   A response was needed and it eventually came through two goals in a frantic  final 10 minutes, Lewandowski and Robben combining to end Kovac's curious record  of having never previously beaten Hoffenheim.</blockquote>

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