WOLFSBURG: New Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany praised his side`s mentality after they came from behind to beat VfL Wolfsburg in their Bundesliga opener on Sunday.

An 82nd-minute goal by Serge Gnabry secured the record German champions a 3-2 win at Wolfsburg and handed Kompany, who replaced Thomas Tuchel after their disappointing third-place finish last season, a winning start in the Bundesliga.

Jamal Musiala put Bayern 1-0 up af ter 19 minutes but Wolfsburg took the lead with two Lovro Majer goals in the first 10 minutes of the second half.

Bayern were nervy, with Ralph Hasenhuettl`s side pouncing on severaldefensive errors.

A Kane header forced Wolfsburg`s Jakub Kaminski into an own goal after 65 minutes and the England captain set up Bayern`s third, laying on a pass for Gnabry`s late strike.

`I enjoyed it, it was my first Bundesliga game as a coach,` Kompany, the former Burnley manager, said.

`The first half was dominant, as itshould be. We didn`t concede any chances. The second half wasn`t good at the beginning, we conceded two quick goals. The third point is that our mentality was right at the end, and that`s why we won the game.

`Mistakes happen, the important thing is how the team reacts. That took a while in the second half.

Thomas Muller and Kingsley Coman came in with the right mentality and the tempo came back.

`At the end of the second half, we had a lot of courage to win the game.

It wasn`t perfect, but we`ll keep going.

Joshua Kimmich said Bayern`s reaction was good in the second half.

`It was extremely difficult, the pitch was very dry, so the game stalled at times. Perhaps it wasn`t always presentable. But in the end I`m happy that we won it. The mentality was right,` the German international said.

Bundesliga winners in 2009, Wolfsburg have not beaten Bayern since 2015, a run of 21 matches.`We had a few chances in the second half. We`ve developed nicely over the last few months. We played fantastically in the second half, Hasenhuettl said. `What we can do better is to score the third goal. You can`t defend everything away against Bayern. We threw ourselves into every duel.

In Sunday`s later game, Heidenheim won 2-0 at promoted St Pauli thanks to second-half goals from Paul Wanner and Jan Schoeppner.

After 66 minutes and with St Pauli on the attack, Heidenheim broke, with Wanner finishing a length-ofthe-field effort to open the scoring.

Schoeppnerturnedinacorneron the 82-minute mark to seal the result.

Heidenheim, who were promoted to the top division for the first time two seasons ago, have a 2-1 lead in their Europa Conference League tie with Swedish side Hacken, with the second leg to be played at home on Thursday.

Cult club St Pauli returned to the Bundesliga this season for the first time since 2011.-Agencies