Kimmich, Karl give Bayern 2-1 win at Mainz and a 9-game unbeaten run

📰 Bayern beat Mainz 2-1 to extend their unbeaten league start to nine games. 📌 Key points ✅ Bayern won 2-1 at Mainz on 7 November, staying unbeaten on 21 points. 🎯 Joshua Kimmich scored his first league goal of the season in the 14th minute from Harry Kane's pass. 🅰️ Lennart Karl added the second after the break, also set up by Kane, who now leads the Bundesliga with seven assists. 🚫 A Mainz equaliser involving Lee Jae-sung was ruled out by VAR for a marginal offside. 🇰🇷 Kim Min-jae was in the matchday squad but did not play. 📝 What happened ⚽ Bayern had 87 per cent possession in the opening 15 minutes and took the lead through Kimmich in the 14th. Sportschau called it his first league goal of the season. 🖥️ Before half-time Mainz thought they had levelled, but VAR judged Lee marginally offside. Mainz argued that Tah had played the ball first. Lee started and played 63 minutes. 🏁 Karl scored the second after the break from a Kane assist. Substitute Phillip Tietz pulled one back in stoppage time. Kimmich said it was no fireworks but stable and assured. 💔 Manuel Neuer went off hurt before half-time and was replaced by Jonas Urbig. Kim missed out for the second game running after Atletico Madrid. 📊 By the numbers • Bayern: six wins, three draws, 21 points • Kane has seven league assists this season, the best in the Bundesliga • 87 per cent possession in the first 15 minutes • Lee Jae-sung played 63 minutes; Mainz have lost four competitive games in a row 🔭 Why it matters Bayern stayed top despite the Neuer injury and Vincent Kompany's absence. Dortmund also won, so they are level on 21 points with Bayern ahead on goal difference. Next up is Cologne at home on 20 November.