Hertha Berlin 2-3 Bayern Munich: Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting double sends Bayern top
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Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is the first player to score in four successive Bundesliga matches for Bayern since Robert Lewandowski between December 2021 and January 2022
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting continued his sensational scoring form with a double as Bayern Munich beat Hertha Berlin to go top of the Bundesliga table.
Teenager Jamal Musiala scored Bayern's opener from a Sadio Mane pass.
Choupo-Moting scored twice in 79 seconds by pouncing on loose balls in the box, taking him on to nine goals in his last seven games for Bayern.
Dodi Lukebakio scored a volley and Davie Selke netted a penalty to give Hertha hope late in the first half.
In potentially a huge blow to Canada before their first World Cup since 1986, Bayern left-back Alphonso Davies went off with a hamstring injury in the second half.
Union Berlin can go back to the top of the table if they win at Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday.
Bayern fans unveiled a banner protesting the Qatar World Cup after Fifa wrote to all 32 countries asking them to 'put football first'
Elsewhere, Borussia Dortmund beat Bochum 3-0 to go third, Eintracht Frankfurt, in fifth, beat Augsburg 2-1 and sixth-placed Leipzig saw off Hoffenheim 3-1.