Football Soccer - HSV Hamburg v FC Bayern Munich - German Bundesliga - Volksparkstadion, Hamburg, Germany - 24/09/16 Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich celebrates with team mates. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer
BERLIN (Reuters) - Champions Bayern Munich needed an 88th-minute winner by Joshua Kimmich to beat Hamburg SV 1-0 on Saturday and protect their three-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.
Strugglers Hamburg had battled hard to protect a goalless draw, hoping to end a three-game losing run, with goalkeeper Rene Adler making a string of saves before Kimmich drilled in a Franck Ribery cutback at the far post.
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