Bayern Munich concede goal after eight seconds

Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer gave away the Bundesliga’s fastest ever goal, Rayo Vallecano fans forced their La Liga game to be suspended and Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior was sent off for yanking the hair of an opponent on Saturday.

Arsenal also got a win to keep their lead as Europe’s national leagues resumed after an extended international break.

Bayern coach Vincent Kompany said his team’s visit to Augsburg was a “priority game” after their only league loss against Augsburg in Munich last season, but he cannot have imagined making a worse start to what ultimately ended in a 2-2 draw — the second time in five games Bayern have dropped points this season.

Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior, center, is restrained by teammates as he argues with referee Isidro Escuderos after receiving a red card during the Spanish league soccer match between Real Madrid CF and Villarreal CF at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid on Saturday.

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It began with Bayern playing the ball back from the kickoff to Neuer, who botched his attempt at a chipped clearance and allowed Robin Fellhauer to score after just eight seconds.

Bayern had to wait till the 55th minute for Ismael Saibari to pull level, only for Rodrigo Ribeiro to restore the home team’s lead nine minutes later. Nathaniel Brown finally equalized in the 81st.

Bayer Leverkusen, the only team to break Bayern’s dominance in any of the last 14 seasons, held on for a 4-3 win in Mainz, continuing their upturn in form under Spanish coach Carles Martinez.

Christopher Nkunku netted a hat trick to fuel Leipzig’s 6-0 demolition of Eintracht Frankfurt.

Miro Muheim scored in stoppage time for Hamburger SV to win at Hoffenheim 3-2, Union Berlin beat promoted Elversberg 1-0 for their first victory of the season, and Stuttgart won at Paderborn 2-0.

RAYO FANS STOP GAME

Rayo fans forced a suspension of their team’s match against Athletic Bilbao by repeatedly throwing paper airplanes and other objects onto the field in protest against club owner Raul Martin Presa.

It was Rayo’s first league game of the season at home since city authorities initially closed the stadium over safety concerns. Presa has long been unpopular among Rayo fans since taking over the club in 2011.

Also, it was business as usual for Barcelona even without injured top scorer Raphinha. Barcelona equaled their best ever La Liga start with an eighth win in as many rounds.

Anthony Gordon got his first goal since joining Barcelona, Gabriel Jesus scored in his first start and the defending champions eased to a 3-0 win over Getafe.

Atletico Madrid won at Deportivo La Coruna 2-1 to remain in second at five points back.

RED CARD FOR VINICIUS

Vinicius earned a direct red card for pulling the hair of Villarreal’s Nathan Saliba, leaving Real Madrid needing to hang on for the final 20 minutes to earn a 1-0 win.

Vinicius was celebrating after scoring when referee Isidro Diaz de Mera was called by the video assistant to review the moments before his goal.

The referee waived off the goal and sent Vinicius off for tugging on Saliba’s hair.

Yan Diomande scored his first goal since joining Madrid, finding the net early in the second half.

ARSENALl MOVES UP

Bruno Guimaraes came off the bench to score on his home debut as defending champions Arsenal recovered to beat Leeds 2-1 in the Premier League.

Arsenal moved level on points with Manchester City at the top of the table ahead of City’s tricky trip to Liverpool yesterday.

Jordan Henderson scored a brace in Chelsea’s 5-1 win over Bournemouth. Tottenham snatched a 1-1 draw at Manchester United with 10 men, Sunderland lost to 10-man Brighton, who remained third, and fourth-placed Brentford drew 2-2 at Aston Villa.