Bayern run grinds to a halt

FC Bayern München's record-breaking run of 15 successive Bundesliga victories was finally ended on Saturday, meaning Felix Magath's side joined UEFA Champions League Group A rivals Club Brugge KV in failing to win. Italian champions Juventus FC continued their winning start to the new campaign while SK Rapid Wien also secured three points. uefa.com collects the action from Saturday's domestic league fixtures.

Hamburger SV 2-0 FC Bayern München

After labouring to a 1-0 victory against Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday, courtesy of José Paolo Guerrero's late strike, Bayern saw their record-breaking Bundesliga winning run end at 15 consecutive matches with a 2-0 defeat by Hamburg. Rafael van der Vaart and Piotr Trochowski scored at the start of either half as the UEFA Cup hopefuls moved within a point of Bayern at the league summit.

The loss came despite the return of the talismanic Michael Ballack, after the German midfield player shook off an ankle injury, but Bayern coach Magath was not too downcast. "Hamburg took an early lead and that made life extremely hard for us because it gave them even more confidence," he said. "Having said that, our first-half display was the worst performance I have seen from my side this season, but 15 wins in a row is a fantastic feat."

Much of that run has been completed without a number of key players. Philipp Lahm (cruciate ligament) and Andreas Görlitz (ankle) are both medium to long-term absentees, although Andreas Ottl, Roque Santa Cruz and Owen Hargreaves - recently sidelined with ankle, thigh and groin injuries respectively - are all now back in training.

Club Brugge KV 0-1 KSC Lokeren OV

Coach Jan Ceulemans rang the changes following Club Brugge's 2-0 defeat by R. Standard de Liège in midweek, bringing five new faces into his starting lineup, but the ploy failed as they succumbed to their first home defeat since March 2003. Goalkeeper Tomislav Butina was one of the quintet, but he could do nothing when Rúnar Kristinsson swivelled inside the box and unleashed a powerful left-footed drive on the half-hour mark.

A new-look attack of Boško Balaban and Javier Portillo could not find an equaliser, and the news got worse for coach Jan Ceulemans after defender Günther Vanaudenaerde had to be replaced on 20 minutes. His replacement Jonathan Blondel later injured his team-mate Marek Spilár in an accidental collision, with the latter then carried off on a stretcher.

The extent of their injuries are not yet known but they are likely to join an ever-growing list of absentees on Tuesday. Rune Lange (calf), Manasseh Ishiaku (thigh), Joos Valgaeren, Michael Klukowski, Philippe Clement and Ivan Gvozdenović (all knee), and Sergiy Serebrennikov and Sebastian Hermans (both ankle) are already sidelined.

Club Brugge technical director Marc Degryse said: "We'll not use the long injury list as an excuse, because the replacements should be good enough. The loss is a heavy blow, it's long ago we lost at home. It's Murphy's Law - everything is against us at the moment. But we have to continue, keep our heads up and keep on fighting. We enjoyed a lot of possession, but didn't create chances, and that's been the story of our season."

Parma FC 1-2 Juventus FC

Juventus came from behind to earn a 2-1 away win at Parma FC and extend their winning start to the new Serie A season to five matches. The home side took an early lead through Marco Delvecchio and largely controlled the first half but were pegged back shortly before half-time when Mauro Camoranesi left Parma goalkeeper Cristiano Lupatelli helpless with a powerful effort from distance.

Still without long-term absentees Gianluigi Buffon and Alessandro Birindelli and with Jonathan Zebina missing after picking up a thigh injury against Ascoli Calcio 1898 last weekend that will keep him out of Tuesday's game with SK Rapid Wien, Juventus coach Fabio Capello opted to rotate his squad. Adrian Mutu replaced Pavel Nedvěd on the left flank while Marcelo Zalayeta linked up with David Trezeguet in attack. Juventus, who won 1-0 at fellow Champions League contenders Udinese Calcio on Wednesday, were revived by the introductions of Brazil midfield player Emerson and Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the second period and eight minutes from time Patrick Vieira headed in his third goal in five games to gave the visitors a victory that took them five points clear at the Serie A summit.

"Parma were too aggressive in the first half," Capello reflected. "I knew that they would not be able to keep that pace all match long. We performed really well after the break. I picked up the right players and I am glad about the result. We were slow in the first half but we hugely improved our passing game in the second."

SK Rapid Wien 2-0 FC Wacker Tirol

Captain Steffen Hofmann and Hlinka were back in the Rapid team after injury, with Hofmann particularly influential on his return from a thigh problem. Rapid were held 2-2 at SK Sturm Graz on Tuesday, but might have won more comfortably at the weekend with Andreas Ivanschitz, Sebastian Martinez and Akagündüz all squandering opportunities to extend the final margin of victory.

"I'm satisfied with the match, especially with our attack," said Hickersberger. "In the first half Wacker had too many chances and if we play like that against Juventus, we will concede at least five goals. Wacker had a good defence but in the second half we dominated the match and should have scored more goals."