Bayern held at home as Ancelotti misses record

Berlin - Leaders Bayern Munich dropped its first Bundesliga points of the season on Saturday as its 1-1 draw at home to FC Koln denied Carlo Ancelotti a record-equalling sixth straight win.

Joshua Kimmich's first-half header at Munich's Allianz Arena was cancelled out by Anthony Modeste's volley to break the Bavarian giants' 100 percent record in the league this season.

It meant Ancelotti missed out on equalling the Bundesliga record of six straight wins for a coach in his debut season in Germany's top flight.

Koln could easily have claimed a rare win in Munich.

Simon Zoller sprinted clear of the defence and his shot beat Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, but rolled agonisingly past the post two minutes into injury time.

Ancelotti made seven changes to the side which lost 1-0 at Atletico Madrid on Wednesday in the Champions League.

Only Manuel Neuer, Javi Martinez, Xabi Alonso and Robert Lewandowski kept their starting places.

Bayern took the lead on 40 minutes when left-back Juan Bernat skipped through a tackle to deliver a superb cross, which Kimmich launched himself at head the ball home past Koln goalkeeper Timo Horn.

The visitors drew level on 63 minutes when Modeste volleyed Marcel Risse's cross over Neuer.

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It was only the second goal Bayern had conceded at home this season in five games at the Allianz Arena.

Bayern could have gone back in front, but Germany star Thomas Muller was left with his head in his hands when Horn deflected his close-range shot onto the far post with 76 minutes gone.

The result leaves Bayern three points clear while fourth-placed Koln preserve its unbeaten record this season.

With Borussia Dortmund playing Bayer Leverkusen later on Saturday, Hertha Berlin took its chances to claim second place with a 2-0 win at home to Hamburg.

Vedad Ibisevic's scrambled shot gave Hertha a first-half lead at Berlin's Olympic Stadium before he also converted a second-half penalty.

Hamburg stumbled to its fifth straight defeat and its first under new coach Markus Gisdol after Bruno Labbadia was sacked last week.

Along with Bayern, Koln and RB Leipzig, Hoffenheim remain one of the four unbeaten Bundesliga teams after its 2-1 win at Ingolstadt thanks to first-half goals by Sandro Wagner and Kerem Demirbay.

Having drawn four of its six games this season, Hoffenheim are seventh.

Freiburg are in mid-table after Vincenzo Grifo's early effort gave the team a 1-0 win at home to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Werder Bremen's 2-2 draw at Darmstadt left it just above the relegation places.

Bremen's Senegal defender Lamine Sane and Germany Under-21 winger Serge Gnabry, with his second since joining from Arsenal, netted their goals while Antonio-Mirko Colak scored twice for Darmstadt.

On Friday, Leipzig's 2-1 victory at home to Augsburg saw it go a sixth game unbeaten, giving it the best start to a season by a team making it's debut in Germany's top flight after promotion.