Bundesliga opening matchesleft Leverkusen and Dortmund struggling, with each team experiencing difficulties in their respective debuts under new managers Ten Hag. Leverkusen stumbled early on, while Dortmund collapsed late in the game.

Bundesliga Roundup: Dramatic Debuts and Surprise Results

The German football season kicked off with a flurry of action, featuring dramatic debuts, surprise results, and a dominant performance from the defending champions.

In the season opener, Borussia Dortmund dropped points for the first time in a decade, settling for a 3-3 draw against St Paul. Filippo Mane, Dortmund's new centre-back, was sent off after 50 minutes, and Daniel Sinani capitalised on the numerical advantage to score a penalty for St Paul. However, Eric Smith equalised for St Paul just three minutes later, only for Borussia Dortmund to regain the lead through Serhou Guirassy, Waldemar Anton, and Julian Brandt. With 10 minutes of stoppage time awarded, St Paul looked the most likely to score, but Dortmund just held on for a point. Mane will miss Dortmund's next match, likely causing a strain on a squad with only one fit centre-back remaining.

Elsewhere, defending champions Bayern Munich exploded in their season opener, beating RB Leipzig 6-0 at home. Harry Kane scored a second-half hat-trick in a dominating performance by the Bavarian giants.

In another surprising result, Bayer Leverkusen, under new coach Erik ten Hag, lost their Bundesliga debut game 2-1 at home to Hoffenheim. Jarell Quansah, who arrived from Liverpool this summer, scored the first goal for Leverkusen, but Tim Lemperle and Fisnik Asllani scored for Hoffenheim, taking advantage of a defensive error from Quansah. Leverkusen lost just three league games in the past two seasons, but could not salvage a point in this game.

Eintracht Frankfurt thumped Werder Bremen 4-1 at home, with Can Uzun and Ansgar Knauff also scoring for Frankfurt. Jean-Matteo Bahoya scored a brace for Frankfurt, while Serhou Guirassy scored for Borussia Dortmund in the game.

The German Cup holders, Stuttgart, were beaten by Union Berlin, who won 2-1 thanks to a first-half double from debutant Ilyas Ansah. Augsburg won 3-1 at Freiburg, but no specific fact about Bayer Leverkusen is mentioned in this paragraph.

In the standout individual performance of the weekend, Tim Lemperle scored the winning goal for Hoffenheim after 52 minutes, securing a crucial victory for his team. Overall, the Bundesliga season has started with a bang, and fans can expect more drama and excitement in the coming weeks.

Bundesliga opening matchesleft Leverkusen and Dortmund struggling, with each team experiencing difficulties in their respective debuts under new managers Ten Hag. Leverkusen stumbled early on, while Dortmund collapsed late in the game.