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Bayern snatch stoppage-time win

Dutchman Klaas Jan Huntelaar hit a hat-trick as Schalke 04 came from behind to demolish hapless Cologne 5-1.

Mainz 05, who beat Freiburg 2-1 away, and Hanover 96, who won by the same score at Nuremburg, have six points from their opening two games.

There were important, controversial refereeing decisions in three games, including Bayern's where Wolfsburg had a goal harshly disallowed for offside.

Bayern, who suffered a shock 1-0 home defeat by Borussia Monchengladbach in last week's opener, were without Dutch winger Arjen Robben, who suffered a minor back problem in training on Friday.

Schalke's goal spree began with what looked to be an extremely harsh penalty awarded for handball.

It was converted by Huntelaar three minutes before half-time to wipe out Lukas Podolski's early strike for Cologne.

Huntelaar completed his hat-trick six minutes from time as Schalke bounced back from last week's 3-0 defeat at VfB Stuttgart.

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.