Bayern Munich's bid to wrest Bundesliga honours back from Bayer Leverkusen under their new boss Vincent Kompany has begun promisingly with a hard-fought 3-2 win at Wolfsburg.
Serge Gnabry scored the winning goal late after Bayern allowed Wolfsburg to come from behind to lead 2-1 early in the second half of Sunday's clash.
Kompany made his league debut as coach following his move from Burnley but it was an old Bayern favorite who made the difference as Thomas Muller went on as a substitute for his club-record 474th Bundesliga appearance.
The 34-year-old had an immediate effect after going on in the 65th minute, as the unfortunate Jakub Kaminski scored an own-goal to draw Bayern level after a corner.
Muller was involved again when Gnabry scored the winner in the 82nd, sending the ball on for Harry Kane to set up the winner.
Wolfsburg had made the better start, denying the visitors time on the ball, but Bayern gradually settled and Jamal Musiala broke the deadlock in the 20th when Sacha Boey eased past Kaminski on the right and cut the ball back.
Bayern went on to dominate the rest of the half, but Wolfsburg found a way back when Boey fouled Tiago Tomas right after the break. Lovro Majer equalised from the penalty spot.
Majer struck the post shortly afterwards as the home team pushed on, then Patrick Wimmer won the ball from Kim Min-jae to set Majer up for his and Wolfsburg's second goal in the 55th.
"I do want to put forward the outstanding mentality of the team," Kompany said of his team's response.
"After the mistakes, I didn't feel like the team was feeling sorry. It was just a difficult game. But we got the goals because we created the chances and that remained throughout the game.
"Yeah, tough game, tough away game, but in the end, a very good win."
