With goals from Thomas Mueller, Joshua Kimmich and an own goal from Sebastian Griesbeck, league-toppers Bayern Munich overcame the newly-promoted Greuther Furth in a 3-1 victory on Friday.

In Round 6 of Bundesliga fixtures, Munich looked to be in trouble after defender Benjamin Pavard was red-carded just after the half-time break, however, they were already two goals ahead and further extended their lead through the own goal. However, Greuther Furth pulled one back in the 87th minute through Cedric Itten.

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The German champions opened the scoring in the 10th minute through Mueller. Alphonso Davies set off on a counterattack down the left and his cross took a kind deflection for Mueller to dispatch the ball in off the right post from outside the penalty area.

Joshua Kimmich’s second goal for Bayern in the 31st was similar, this time Leroy Sané providing the cross. Fürth’s defenders allowed the Bayern players too much space – though not enough for Lewandowski.

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The home team was given a lifeline in the 48th when Benjamin Pavard was sent off for a bad challenge on American midfielder Julian Green, who would have been through on goal.

But Bayern still had enough offensive power to extend its lead in the 68th, when Sebastian Griesbeck scored an own-goal under pressure from Lewandowski, who looked disappointed not to have scored himself.

For once, Robert Lewandowski failed to get on the scoresheet.

The Poland star’s club-record scoring streak for Bayern Munich ended at 19 consecutive games in the Bundesliga came to an end on Friday.

Lewandowski, who hit the crossbar in the 40th minute, also missed out on equaling Gerd Müller’s record of scoring in 16 Bundesliga games in a row. Lewandowski’s 19-game run includes matches in the league, cup and Champions League going back to a 3-3 draw with Arminia Bielefeld on Feb. 15.

Fürth, which hadn’t won any of its opening five Bundesliga games since its promotion, made a reasonable start but was caught cold when Thomas Müller opened the scoring in the 10th minute.

With inputs from the Associated Press