BERLIN — Unbeaten Bayern Munich defeated visiting Hamburger SV 3-1 for the Bundesliga’s unofficial title of "autumn champion" on Saturday, while Borussia Dortmund could only draw 2-2 at Hoffenheim.
Goals from Mario Mandzukic in the 42nd minute and Mario Goetze 10 minutes later put Bayern in a comfortable position before Hamburg striker Pierre-Michel Lasogga scored with three minutes remaining.
Xherdan Shaqiri scored in injury time to ensure Bayern won its 950th Bundesliga game and its last of the year. The side will next appear in the Club World Club semifinals in Morocco.
Dortmund came from two goals down at Hoffenheim, but missed a host of chances as it fell 12 points off the pace.
Also, Hannover came from three goals down to draw 3-3 with Nuremberg, Augsburg defeated Eintracht Braunschweig 4-1 and Borussia Moenchengladbach’s six-game winning streak came to an end in a 0-0 draw at Mainz.
"We can live with it," Moenchengladbach coach Lucien Favre said.
Wolfsburg hosted Stuttgart late Saturday.
With his eye on the upcoming trip to Morocco, Bayern coach Pep Guardiola opted to leave Franck Ribery and David Alaba on the substitutes’ bench.
Hamburg, which had conceded 20 goals in its previous three league visits to Munich, made the better start before Bayern gradually assumed control.
Toni Kroos unlocked the Hamburg defence with a brilliant ball over the top for Rafinha to cross for Mandzukic, who scored with a helpful shove on Jonathan Tah.
There was no disputing the quality of Goetze’s fourth league goal of the season. The Germany midfielder controlled Thiago Alcantara’s pass with his first touch on the volley, then swiveled to dispatch the ball inside the left post with his next.
Lasogga’s fine strike under the crossbar injected some interest in the closing minutes, before Shaqiri held off a defender and fired inside the near post to remove any doubt. Bayern stretched its Bundesliga record unbeaten run to 41 games.
"The players had holidays and Morocco in their heads perhaps. We had problems in the second half. We lost the ball easily, like we did against Manchester," Guardiola said, referring to Tuesday’s 3-2 defeat to Manchester City in the Champions League. "We have good players. We should avoid that."
Dortmund had a goal ruled out early on for offside in Sinsheim, where Sven Schipplock chipped Dortmund goalkeeper Mitch Langerak to celebrate his Hoffenheim contract extension with the opening goal in the 18th. Roberto Firmino played the final pass in a well-worked counterattack.
Hoffenheim was more efficient and Kevin Volland made it 2-0 in the 37th.
A mistake from Hoffenheim goalkeeper Jens Grahl, when he dropped a simple corner and Jannik Vestergaard failed to clear, allowed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to pull one back for Dortmund in the 44th.
Lukasz Piszczek equalized in the 67th, scoring at the second attempt after Grahl saved his first effort from Nuri Sahin’s cross.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan should have scored minutes later, and Grahl deflected Lewandowski’s effort onto the post, before Volland missed a great chance to win it at the other end.
"In the end a win wouldn’t have been undeserved," Dortmund coach Juergen Klopp said. "But we could also have lost."
Nuremberg looked set for its first win in the Bundesliga this season when Adam Hlousek scored with a deflected shot in the 30th, Josip Drmic rounded the goalkeeper in the 38th, and Per Nilsson scored with a header three minutes later.
But Leonardo Bittencourt pulled one back on the hour, and Mame Biram Diouf scored twice with three minutes remaining as Nuremberg’s Bundesliga record 16-game run without a win continued.
Nuremberg’s players were particularly aggrieved by Diouf’s first goal, which TV replays showed was offside.
"The referee decided the game. I can’t put it into words," Nuremberg goalkeeper Raphael Schaefer said. "You can’t make such a mistake. The referee brought Hannover back into the game with this wrong call."
Braunschweig remains rooted to the bottom after the promoted side’s 12th defeat of the season.
"Our fans’ patience is now depleted. We have to prepare for stormy times," Braunschweig coach Torsten Lieberknecht said.
Augsburg defender Paul Verhaegh opened the scoring from a penalty in the 23rd, and Andre Hahn scored twice in three minutes on the half-hour mark.
Torsten Oehrl pulled one back for Braunschweig in the 48th, but Halil Altintop extinguished any hopes of an unlikely comeback with 15 minutes remaining.
