BERLIN -- Douglas Costas fine second-half strike was enough for Bayern Munich to return to the top of the Bundesliga with a labored 1-0 win at bottom side Darmstadt on Sunday.Bayern leads on goal difference from promoted Leipzig before the sides meet in Munich on Wednesday.It seemed the defending champions were already looking ahead to the next game as they produced an uninspired performance against Darmstadt, which had fired coach Norbert Meier on Monday after six straight losses.It wasnt FC Bayern, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer said.The home side made a bright start under interim coach Ramon Berndroth. Bayern needed Thiago Alcantara to make a last-ditch block to deny Sandro Sirigu on a counterattack prompted by Arturo Vidals wayward pass seconds after kickoff.Jan Rosenthal went close for the hosts after a corner minutes later and Bayern didnt threaten until the 40th, when Mats Hummels penalty appeal went unheeded. TV replays showed the Germany defender was fouled by Mario Vrancic. Thomas Mueller drew a save from Michael Esser in the Darmstadt goal early in the second half.But Bayern looked short of ideas against the hard-working Darmstadt, which was running more and restricting the visitors space. Another lost ball from Vidal had coach Carlo Ancelotti throw his hands up in exasperation on the sidelines. The Chilean midfielder made way for Franck Ribery with over 20 minutes remaining.A moment of individual brilliance was needed for the breakthrough and it came from Costa in the 71st, when the Brazilian let fly with a superb swerving strike from 25 meters (yards) into the goal off the underside of the crossbar.Peter Niemeyer should have equalized from the rebound when Neuer stopped Jerome Gondorfs free kick but the Darmstadt defender headed straight back at the Bayern `keeper with the goal beckoning.In the end the most important thing is to win and stay first. So Im satisfied, Ancelotti said. But we can play better and faster. Well give our best against Leipzig on Wednesday.In Sundays other Bundesliga match, Ingolstadt earned a much-needed victory at Bayer Leverkusen.---BAYER LEVERKUSEN 1, INGOLSTADT 2Previously bottom Ingolstadt climbed above Hamburger SV into the relegation playoff place with its second successive win, while Leverkusen fans whistled their side off at halftime and again at full time in frustration.Alfredo Morales put the visitors in front midway through the first half with a powerful header from Markus Suttners fine cross.It got worse for Leverkusen early in the second half when Charles Aranguiz earned his second yellow card for a check on Anthony Jung after losing the ball.But the sending off seemed to spur a response from the home side, which equalized in the 63rd through Admir Mehmedi just after Almog Cohen should have scored at the other end.The Israeli midfielder atoned for his miss with what proved to be the winner 10 minutes later. Comprar Air Max 97 Baratas . Louis Blues. 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A distracted Lewis Hamilton used the Japanese Grand Prix press conference to brush off controversy around his Malaysia retirement and reiterate his belief in Mercedes.Hamilton retired from the lead in Sepang when his engine blew 16 laps from the finish, leaving him 23 points behind teammate Nico Rosberg in the title fight. The retirement was Hamiltons third major engine problem of the season and the Britons initial quotes -- someone doesnt want me to win-- caused controversy after the race. He later clarified he had been referring to God.Though it was a key topic of discussion Thursdays press conference in Suzuka Hamilton, who spent much of the session playing with his phone, brushed off the questions about his failure.Ive not been thinking about the last race, he said. Usually when I leave a race I think about a lot of other things going on. I was in Tokyo enjoying my time, it is one of my three favourite cities in the world. [In Sepang] It was good [before the failure], I was happy with it and hope I can continue like that here.Hamilton did not feel the need to speak about the engine failure having addressed the conspiracy theories and outlining his belief in Mercedes on his social media channels in the days since.You caan go on my Instagram, Ive put all my feelings on there.dddddddddddd They [fans] have the right to their own opinions but as youve seen from my post you see how passionate I am about this team and my guys.One point of note was the world champions Facebook page, which has featured several posts about his team (see one example below) in recent days.?When asked why he and his social media team had chosen this week to share those posts, he said: I had been planning it for a while as we had been building it up for a couple of weeks. It turned out to be the perfect time to do it...Having spent a long time between questions looking at his phone Hamilton -- who posted a Snapchat of himself as a rabbit surrounded by carrots, while sitting in the press conference with the caption This s--- is killing me -- the world champion said he was just trying to pass the time.After a journalist asked what he was doing on his phone, he replied: Huh? Oh, just some funny snaps of us drivers. Hey man, weve been doing this a long, long time and it is the same thing each time so youve got to keep adding new things to it. ' ' '