Union Berlin fans have risen to their feet to applaud their losing team. Leipzig substitute Benjamin Sesko scored twice to end Union’s long unbeaten run at home in the Bundesliga with a 3-0 defeat.
It’s Leipzig’s first win over rival Union in the Bundesliga at the fifth attempt. Union won their previous four meetings, all by scores of 2-1.
The home fans stood for six minutes of injury time, clapping as they sang: “FC Union, our love, our team, our pride, our club.” They had earlier stayed largely silent for the first 15 minutes to protest their rival, which they see as a marketing tool for the energy drinks manufacturer Red Bull. Earlier, French defender Niels Nkounkou scored on his Bundesliga debut to rescue a 1-1 draw for Eintracht Frankfurt against Cologne.
Florian Kainz’s penalty was enough for the visitors to lead at the break, but Frankfurt’s pressure finally paid off in the 87th when American midfielder Paxten Aaronson found Nkounkou free on the left. The 24-year-old Kainz unleashed a powerful shot inside the far post.to Paris Saint-Germain in a club-record 95 million euro-sale .
Defending champion Bayern Munich beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 on Saturday. Bayer Leverkusen is the only other team to have won its first three games. The two meet in the fourth round on Sept. 15.The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business.
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