Harry Kane missed a penalty and Fabio Silva scored an 89th-minute equaliser as Borussia Dortmund claimed a dramatic 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich in Der Klassiker.
Bayern talisman Kane walked onto the Allianz Arena field holding the Ballon d’Or before kick-off having been awarded the most prestigious individual honour in football this week, but it was his compatriot Jobe Bellingham who looked to have opened the scoring, only for the Dortmund man to see his 34th-minute effort ruled out for offside.
Four minutes later Bayern took the lead, Konrad Laimer tucking home on the rebound after seeing his initial effort kept out by Gregor Kobel.
Kane was presented with a golden chance to make it 2-0 after Felix Nmecha was deemed to have handled in the area, but the England captain’s penalty struck the crossbar.
That miss was punished as Dortmund striker Serhou Guirassy rifled home from close range, but Kane somewhat atoned for his earlier profligacy by nodding Joshua Kimmich’s cross back across goal for Dayot Upamecano to tap in and restore Bayern’s lead.
Yet Kane was guilty of an egregious miss with the chance to seal the points when he struck the post with the goal at his mercy, and he would be left to rue his wastefulness as Silva fired an angled effort beyond Manuel Neuer to secure a draw that keeps Dortmund level on points with Bayern at the top of the Bundesliga.
Freiburg are two points behind that pair in third after coming from behind to win 2-1 at Augsburg, Cyriaque Irie scoring the decisive goal five minutes from the end of normal time.
Fourth-placed RB Leipzig were 2-0 winners at Dortmund’s neighbours Schalke, while Ermedin Demirovic scored twice as Stuttgart won 4-2 at Bayer Leverkusen.
Werder Bremen leapfrogged Leverkusen into fifth with a 2-0 win over Hoffenheim, but bottom club Borussia Monchengladbach’s poor start continued with a 0-0 draw with Paderborn.
Milan claim derby spoils
AC Milan claimed a fourth successive derby win over rivals Inter Milan as an outstanding first-half performance proved enough to claim a 3-1 victory.
Ruben Amorim’s men started the game seven points behind their arch rivals, but Christian Pulisic met Diego Moreira’s cross to head the Rossoneri in front in the fourth minute, the American celebrating signing a new contract in typical fashion, the opener his fourth goal in eight matches against Inter.
Adrien Rabiot made it 2-0 six minutes later with a sublime impudent dinked finish from a Moreira corner, before Alessandro Bastoni gave Inter hope by heading home from Manuel Akanji’s flick-on after a well-worked Inter set-piece.
Yet fittingly it was Moreira who restored Milan’s two-goal advantage his wonderful curling free-kick ultimately proving decisive in settling the game.
Inter’s defeat gives Lazio a chance to establish a three-point lead atop Serie A when they host Cagliari on Sunday.
Lazio’s fierce rivals Roma are just a point behind the leading duo after thumping Udinese 5-2 away from home.
The damage was done during a first-half blitz from Gian Piero Gasperini’s side, who scored four goals in the opening period as Bryan Cristante, Rodrigo Mora, Donyell Malen and Evan Ndicka all found the net before the interval.
Elsewhere in Serie A, resurgent Bologna beat Monza 2-1.
Atletico stay in touch with Barca
Atletico Madrid briefly went top of LaLiga as they won 2-0 at Levante.
After Morten Hjulmand had a goal disallowed for offside following a VAR check, Alejandro Grimaldo put Atletico in front with his fourth league goal of the season.
Giuliano Simeone then wrapped up the points with a composed finish after latching onto Alex Baena’s pass to send Atletico to the summit, though Barcelona soon returned to the top by thumping Alaves 6-1.
Real Betis’ fine start to the season continued as they overcame Malaga 2-1, while Rayo Vallecano ended a three-game winless run by beating Celta Vigo 3-0.
