Bayern Munich was thoroughly dominant in terms of possession, but two big defensive lapses and a myriad of missed scoring chances led to the Bavarians succumbing to a painful 2-2 draw with Mainz 05, who entered the match in last place of the Bundesliga.

Harry Kane 's late penalty ensured Bayern Munich maintained their unbeaten start to the Bundesliga season, but they were held to a surprise 2-2 draw by rock-bottom Mainz at the Allianz Arena. A share of the spoils meant Bayern dropped points for the first time at home this season, while Mainz earned an unlikely point to move within four of safety.

Thomas Müller, who could be considered as the last world-class attacker to come out of Bayern’s academy before Karl, celebrated the goal from the stands. Bayern did very little for the rest of the half, and they were punished for it before the half-time whistle.

Mainz has seen its winless Bundesliga run extend to nine games after going down 1-0 at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

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In truth, Mainz was dominated by Bayern Munich in terms of possession, but it did take advantage of two big defensive lapses by the Bavarians and relied upon some excellent defending from Kacper Potulski and outstanding work in goal from Daniel Batz to power itself to the draw.