Marmoush Double denies Bayern the absolute top spot in the Bundesliga

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Recasts with Bayern's draw against Frankfurt

Egyptian striker Omar Marmoush scored two goals, including an injury-time equalizer, to earn Eintracht Frankfurt a 3-3 draw and deny Bayern Munich a two-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga on Sunday.

Marmoush's strike sparked wild scenes in Frankfurt that will see Bayern head into the international break ahead of RB Leipzig only on goal difference, after the Red Bull side won 1-0 in Heidenheim the previous Sunday.

Bayern were on the verge of a 3-2 win but Marmoush broke through in the fourth of six more minutes and the 25-year-old punished Bayern's faltering defense to complete a six-goal thriller.

Frankfurt now have 13 points, just one point behind the league leaders and extending their unbeaten run to seven games in all competitions under coach Dino Toppmoeller.

Bayern central defender Min-Jae Kim scored the opening goal after Thomas Müller carefully rolled the ball back to the Korean following a corner, allowing the defender to shoot into the roof of the net.

It was only Kim's second goal as a Bayern player, but Bayern were undone by Frankfurt's first significant attack of the game, which came on the counterattack and completely against the run of play.

Ansgar Knauff did it by slipping the ball through the legs of Aleksandar Pavlovic and finding Marmoush, whose first touch took him away from pursuer Joshua Kimmich, whom he shot past Manuel Neuer with his second ball.

Thirteen minutes later, Frankfurt had turned the game on its head and took a 2-1 lead. Marmoush turned provider, leading another breakaway and picking out Hugo Ekitike, while the Frenchman did the rest with a confident finish.

Marmoush is the Bundesliga's top scorer this season with eight goals in six games, three more than Bayern's Harry Kane.

But Frankfurt's lead only lasted three minutes. Dayot Upamecano poked the ball in from close range after Serge Gnabry had overwhelmed the Frankfurt defense.

Bayern recovered from this thrilling battle in the 53rd minute as Michael Olise continued his good start to life in Germany.

The London-born Frenchman fired into the bottom corner from the edge of the box after Kane fired a pass from Raphael Gueirrero into Olise's path before Marmoush added a point.

Leipzig had previously been ahead at the top of the table with a win in Heidenheim. Ikoma Openda scored the only goal of the game in the second half and the Belgian spoke of the team's solidarity after a fourth consecutive clean sheet in the league.

“We are really strong together. Our goal is to be strong, like a family, like a team, and to show that on the pitch. We have shown that since the beginning of the season,” Openda told DAZN.

Heidenheim went into the game in eighth place after three wins in the first six games and caused Leipzig frustration for long stretches in the first half.

It was only at the end of the half that Heidenheim's goalkeeper Kevin Mueller was called into action to save Xavi Simons.

But shortly before the hour mark, Leipzig found another gear and broke through the Heidenheim defense.

19-year-old Norwegian Antonio Nusa was the architect of the gate. He spotted Openda's run with a perfectly weighted pass, which Openda mastered with aplomb and shot at the near post, although there were questions about Mueller's positioning.

“It was a good goal for the team in a difficult moment of the game,” Openda added. “After that we were able to regain control of the game.”

Openda, who also scored the winning goal when these teams met in April, hit the post with a few minutes remaining as Leipzig withstood late pressure from Heidenheim to secure all the points.

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