Football: Kruse grabs Union winner after missing Bundesliga penalty record

Union Berlin striker Max Kruse endured a bittersweet evening on Sunday as he scored the winner in a 2-1 win away to Cologne but missed the chance to break a 37-year-old Bundesliga record.

"It's always worked out for me from the spot in the last seven or eight years. It's a shame I didn't break the record, but it went in at the second attempt, which makes it easier to swallow," said Kruse. With 20 minutes to go, Marcus Ingvartsen was brought down in the Cologne box, giving team-mate Kruse the chance to make history from 12 yards.

The young French striker scored three first-half goals as Mainz shook off their early-season blues to cruise to a 3-1 victory away to Freiburg. Mateta opened the scoring after just 61 seconds, breaking Freiburg's high line to pick up a Leandro Barreiro through ball and stroke it past former team-mate Florian Mueller in the Freiburg goal.

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