Mandzukic brace guides Bayern past Wolfsburg

Mario Mandzukic scored twice against his former club VfL Wolfsburg as Bayern Munich eased to a 3-0 win on Tuesday to maintain their perfect start to the Bundesliga campaign. Mandzukic’s goals plus one from Bastian Schweinsteiger saw them to their fifth successive win in the league as they bid to reclaim it after missing out in the past two seasons to Borussia Dortmund. Eintracht Frankfurt were unable to keep pace with them as they dropped their first points of the season — drawing 3-3 against Dortmund. Schweinsteiger hit the post twice before giving Bayern the lead in the 24th minute. With Wolfsburg rarely venturing forward, Mandzukic doubled the advantage with a header in the 57th minute. The Croatian international finished off Wolfsburg for good with his fifth Bundesliga goal of the season in the 65th minute. “We know ourselves that the season is still young and that we have to keep going and keep our feet on the ground. But we want more,” said Mandzukic, who earned his move on the back of impressive performances at Euro 2012. “It’s really fun to play here. I am enjoying every moment with the team. It doesn’t matter how many goals I score. The main thing is that we win titles.” Bayern’s Peruvian veteran striker Claudio Pizarro meanwhile came on as a substitute late on to make a 337th appearance in the German League — a joint record for a foreign player which he now shares with Brazil’s former Bayern star Ze Roberto. Bayern have a perfect 15 points from five matches and are two points ahead of Frankfurt and seven on Dortmund. Dortmund went 2-0 up with goals by Lukasz Piszczek in the 25th minute and Marco Reus in the 28th. Both goals came via the right flank through Piszczek, who turned inside and had his shot go in off both Bastian Oczipka and Anderson and past Frankfurt keeper Kevin Trapp for the first. Piszczek’s cross from the right three minutes later found Reus, who ran onto the ball and hammered it home from long distance.