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Bayern 3-1 St. Pauli (Nov 29, 2025) Game Analysis – ESPN
Luis Díaz and Nicolas Jackson scored in stoppage time as Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich came from behind to claim a 3-1 win over plucky St. Pauli.
Beaten at Arsenal in the Champions League on Wednesday, Bayern stumbled out of the traps here and fell behind when on-loan Burnley striker Andreas Hountondji put St. Pauli ahead in the sixth minute.
Raphaël Guerreiro equalised on the stroke of half-time following an inventive assist from Diaz, who then scored three minutes into injury time just as Bayern’s pursuit of a winner appeared to be in vain.
Jackson then added gloss to the scoreline three minutes later as Bayern moved eight points clear at the top of the top-flight table after second-placed Leipzig drew 0-0 at Borussia Monchengladbach on Friday.
It looked like Bayern would also have to settle for a point after three players struck a post, including Harry Kane, who also saw an effort cleared off the line, once they fell behind early on.
Konrad Laimer was dispossessed deep in his own half by Mathias Pereira Lage, whose through ball saw Hountondji shrug off Kim Min-Jae’s challenge before rifling beyond Manuel Neuer at his near post.
The composed finish was Hountondji’s only contribution as he limped off after 18 minutes, with St. Pauli then content to try to sit on their lead behind two banks of four and hit Bayern on the counter.
Bayern began building some momentum and teenager Lennart Karl, who enhanced his burgeoning reputation with a goal in Bayern’s defeat at Arsenal in midweek, saw a curling effort cannon off the post.
Kane was off-target with a shot from an acute angle and Tom Bischof saw a deflected strike clatter the goalframe before Bayern were deservedly level a minute before half-time through Guerreiro.
The equaliser owed much to the quick thinking of Díaz, who, having seemingly been hauled down in the area, flicked the ball when grounded back to Guerreiro and he thumped a first time effort into the net.
Bayern boss Vincent Kompany reinforced his attack by sending on Michael Olise for full-back Laimer at the start of the second half but St. Pauli were defensively resolute upon the restart.
Bayern had two penalty claims waved away, while Olise put through to Kane, who bore down on goal but before the England captain could pull the trigger, he was tackled by the covering Arkadiusz Pyrka.
Kane then became the third Bayern player to be denied by a post from close range while his header from a corner moments later was cleared off the line as St. Pauli clung on in the closing stages.
It seemed they would escape the Allianz Arena with a hard-earned point but Díaz struck in the third minute of stoppage time when he headed home from Joshua Kimmich‘s dipping cross into the area.
On-loan Chelsea forward Jackson then made sure of Bayern’s victory, coolly finishing beyond St Pauli goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj after Serge Gnabry had snatched the ball off Eric Smith.
Undefeated Nebraska earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament bracket released Sunday.
The five-time national champion Huskers (30-0) have dominated this season, dropping just seven sets. They lead Division I in hitting percentage at .352.
Dani Busboom Kelly, who won NCAA titles as both a Nebraska player and assistant, took over at her alma mater this season after longtime Huskers coach John Cook retired. Busboom Kelly led Louisville to the NCAA final in 2024, where the Cardinals lost to Penn State.
The other No. 1 seeds are Kentucky, Texas and Pitt. The Wildcats have won one NCAA title, and the Longhorns have four. The Panthers reached the final four the past four seasons but lost in the semifinals each time.
Pitt and Stanford finished tied atop the ACC at 18-2, and the Cardinal won their head-to-head matchup 3-2 at Stanford on Nov. 14. But the Panthers’ overall body of work secured them the last No. 1 seed, while nine-time NCAA champion Stanford is the No. 2 seed in Texas’ region.
SEC regular-season and tournament champion Kentucky defeated Texas 3-2 in the conference tournament final. They would face each other in the national semifinals should they advance that far.
Defending national champion Penn State, the only school that has appeared in every NCAA tournament dating back to the event’s start in 1981, is a No. 8 seed in Texas’ quarter of the bracket. St. Thomas (Minnesota) and Toledo are both making their first appearance in the tournament.
The Big 12 led all leagues with 10 teams in the field, the Big Ten has nine, the ACC seven and the SEC five.
Early-round matches will be held from Dec. 4 to 6 on campus sites. The regionals, scheduled for Dec. 11-14, will be hosted by the four highest seeds still standing in each quarter of the bracket.
The final four is at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri, for the third time in the tournament’s history. It was there that Penn State won the championship in 2010 and Nebraska won its most recent title in 2017.
The national semifinals are Dec. 18 (ESPN), and the championship match is Dec. 21 (ABC).
The Commanders return from their bye week searching for their first victory since Oct. 5. It won’t be easy against the Broncos, who have won eight straight.
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Ruben Amorim has said that Manchester United are “stealing” set-piece routines from other clubs after goals from two free-kicks helped earn a valuable 2-1 win over Crystal Palace.
United came from behind at Selhurst Park thanks to second-half goals from Joshua Zirkzee and Mason Mount, both of which came from Bruno Fernandes set plays.
Amorim’s team have now scored 10 Premier League goals from set-pieces this season — joint most with table-toppers Arsenal.
“We work a lot,” Amorim said when asked about United’s improvement at set-pieces.
“We have more time to work, we work a lot and we learn a lot in England.
“I think you are used to seeing that, but when you come for the Premier League you learn a lot with other teams how to do it and we are stealing a lot of things to score goals.”
United looked destined for another set-back following Monday’s defeat to 10-man Everton when Crystal Palace went in at half-time 1-0 up thanks to a retaken penalty from Jean-Philippe Mateta.
But there was marked improvement in their performance after the break as Amorim’s team recorded just their second league win away from home since March.
“I just said to the players we need to be more alive and you can feel that,” Amorim said.
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“So if you are more alive, you are in more places, you are near the ball more often. I think everyone did that.
“But we also need to understand that the opponent was tired also in the second half.
“And when you increase the rhythm and the opponent gets tired a little bit, suffers right away a goal, you felt that we had the control of the game and that’s it.”
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