Bischof and Karl rescue Bayern in breathtaking late win at Freiburg

Tom Bischof scored two late goals and Lennart Karl added a third deep into stoppage time to lead Bayern Munich to a breathtaking 3-2 Bundesliga win at Freiburg.

Johan Manzambi broke the deadlock for the hosts in the 46th minute and Lucas Höler doubled their lead in the 71st.

It looked like Bayern would have to accept their second league defeat of the season, but Bischof was on target in the 81st and then again early in stoppage time.

It was best for Bayern, however, to make a statement heading to the first leg of their Champions League quarter-finals against Madrid on Tuesday. And that’s what 18-year-old Lennart Karl did when he scored the winner in the ninth minute of stoppage time.

Bayern top the standings 12 points ahead of Borussia Dortmund, who visit VfB Stuttgart later.

Bayer Leverkusen survived a hectic match, which had three penalties, to defeat VfL Wolfsburg 6-3.

Alejandro Grimaldo converted the first spot-kick to cancel out Jonas Wind’s opener for Wolfsburg. But the guests retook the lead with goals from Joakim Mæhle and Christian Eriksen’s penalty.

Grimaldo completed a brace to pull one back for Leverkusen before the break, and they were level in the 53rd as Patrik Schick also converted his spot-kick.

The hosts eventually had the final word thanks to Edmond Tapsoba, Ibrahim Maza and Malik Tillman’s effort in stoppage time.

Elsewhere, RB Leipzig beat Werder Bremen 2-1, Borussia Mönchengladbach fought back for a 2-2 draw with Heidenheim, Mainz defeated Hoffenheim 2-1 and 10-man Hamburg held on to a 1-1 draw with Augsburg.