Different names shine as Bayern topples Freiburg

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Having been overhauled at the summit by Borussia Dortmund on Sunday, as a result of Maximilian Beier's late winner against Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayern was under the tutelage of assistant coach Aaron Danks, after Vincent Kompany collapsed at training on Saturday.

However, Kompany – who was taken to hospital for tests and is in a stable condition – will be able to celebrate three points, with Michael Olise getting Bayern's clinching goal after Tom Bischof put through his own net to tee up a nervy finish.

Less than two minutes had gone when the game was paused due to red smoke billowing out from a pyrotechnic and drifting across the pitch, and that interruption seemed to stop either team from building any momentum.

But Bayern broke the deadlock through an unlikely source in the 16th minute. Upamecano turned defence into attack in an instant when he blocked Niklas Beste's shot, skipped between two challenges and found Harry Kane. 

The Ballon d'Or candidate quickly moved the ball onto Olise, who played Upamecano clean through on goal, and he finished like a striker through the legs of Mio Backhaus.

Backhaus made a good stop to thwart Nathaniel Brown as Bayern hunted a second goal, but he had to pick the ball out of his net again in the 42nd minute, with Gnabry following Upamecano's lead by slotting through the goalkeeper's legs. 

Backhaus kept Freiburg in the contest for much of the second half, making two saves to thwart substitute Ismael Saibari and one to keep out Kane, and Bayern's position was under threat when Bischof scored an own goal in the 82nd minute.

Freiburg's one clear chance to equalise fell the way of substitute Cyriaque Irie, but Jonas Urbig came up with the save.

After the offside flag denied Sacha Boey, Olise profited from Backhaus missing two attempts to clear outside his area, sliding his finish into an empty net to make the points safe in stoppage time.