Mainz 05 wasted their chance to knock Bayern Munich off the top of the Bundesliga on Saturday as they crashed to a 4-1 defeat at Hanover 96.
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Defending champions Bayern stay top of the league despite dropping their first points of the season after being held to a 1-1 draw at Freiburg on Tuesday before their dramatic 5-4 win on penalties over Chelsea in Friday's Uefa Super Cup final.
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Mainz took a 12th-minute lead at Hanover through striker Nicolai Mueller, but Thomas Tuchel's side suffered their first defeat after three straight victories as Senegal striker Mame Diouf levelled before Poland forward Artur Sobiech put the hosts in front before the break.
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Hanover doubled their lead late on with Ivory Coast forward Didier Ya Konan and midfielder Edgar Prib both scoring in the last 10 minutes to leave Mirko Slomka's side fourth in the league, while Mainz drop to fifth.
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Elsewhere, struggling Hamburg picked up their first win of the season after two consecutive defeats with a 4-0 thumping of promoted Eintracht Braunschweig.
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Dutch international Rafael van der Vaart put Hamburg ahead in the seventh minute on their first attack before Cameroon striker Jacques Zoua doubled the lead on 17 minutes.
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Hamburg confirmed their first three points – and Braunschweig's fourth straight defeat – when 19- year-old Hakan Calhanoglu came on for Van der Vaart on 79 minutes to claim a brace.
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The talented Turkish teenager, signed from Karlsruhe in July, scored his first goals for his club in quick succession, including a stunning free-kick.
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Meanwhile, Borussia Moenchengladbach moved up to seventh as they romped to a 4-1 home win over Werder Bremen.
It's gonna be very tough to beat a team like Bayern Munich right about now cos all of their players are in top form!