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Shortly after the final whistle on Saturday night, coach Hansi Flick hugged each of his players, while his counterpart Julian Nagelsmann was clearly frustrated. With a seven-point lead and only seven games to go, the Munich championship trophy is very close.
Without the injured 35-goal striker Lewandowski, Bayern did not light the fireworks on occasions, but they were very efficient. Leon Goretzka (38th) took the first opportunity to lead after a pass from Thomas Müller. For Bayern it was the 62nd consecutive competitive game with a goal and thus a German record, for Goretzka the third goal in the last four games.
“We don’t want this to be taken away from us anymore”
“An important step in any case. We don’t want that to be missed, ”Bayern captain Manuel Neuer said on Sky. Nagelsmann was caught in the television interview. “We continued to play a very good game and we got Bayern back into the second half well. Unfortunately, we fail every time. ” His team “certainly” was not worse, but was less effective on goal.
“That is, of course, disappointing,” said Leipzig club manager Oliver Mintzlaff, who certified Bayern as “brutally effective”. “The team did everything, it would have seemed more like a draw, but it’s not that, and we have to accept it.” Your team no longer needs to talk about the championship “realistically”. “That wasn’t our goal either.”
Network repair as the first highlight
The game started first, no. Due to the net breaking in the goal of Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, referee Daniel Siebert rejected the kick-off. Neuer fixed the net with his towel. The DFB goalkeeper did not convince the referees. Only when a stadium employee fixed the problem with two zip ties did the game begin.
The broken network must remain the highlight for a long time. The two teams were neutralized, no goals were completed. It was only in the 23rd minute that Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who had entered Lewandowski’s starting lineup, approached Leipzig’s goal with a shot from the corner.
Effect hit by Goretzka
Finally, Joshua Kimmich had a stroke of genius. The Bayern midfielder sent Müller a deft ball into the penalty area, which sent Tyler Adams off with a hook and saw Goretzka in the back area. The conclusion was huge, but a matter of form. Bayern led, Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann gestured annoyed in front of his bench. The coup worked. Leroy Sane served from the edge of the penalty area (42nd), RB goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi kept Leipzig in the game.
Nagelsmann’s tactic of reaching the top without a true striker didn’t work out in the first round. The RB offense acted with great flexibility, but in the dangerous zone points of allusion and determination were lacking. Nagelsmann reacted at halftime and brought more speed to the attack with winger Justin Kluivert.
Leipzig is pushing, Bavaria holds on
The plan went into effect initially. Kluivert prevailed on the right side, his center landing on Amadou Haidara in Marcel Sabitzer. The captain’s side pull was Leipzig’s most dangerous conclusion to date (50th). Two minutes later, Kluivert crossed again, Dani Olmo was completely free at the penalty spot and missed his shot. Leipzig was now better in the game, pressed more aggressively, but Bayern still did not falter.
Sabitzer’s shot from a good 20 meters was nice to look at (59º), but it was more of a routine for Neuer. Bayern’s defense around David Alaba, who replaced Franck Ribéry as the foreigner with the most Bayern appearances with his 274th Bundesliga match, withstood the pressure.
German Bundesliga, matchday 27
Saturday:
Leipzig – Bavaria 0: 1 (0: 1)
Goal: Goretzka (38th)
Leipzig: with Sabitzer, without Laimer (injured)
Bavaria: with Alaba
Dortmund – Frankfurt 1: 2 (1: 1)
Goals: Hummels (44th) or Schulz (11th / own goal), Silva (87th)
Frankfurt: with Ilsanker, Hinteregger injured, coach Hütter
Wolfsburg – 1: 0 1: 0 (0: 0)
Tor: Brekalo (69 °)
Wolfsburg: Schlager until 93, replacement for Pervan, coach Glasner
Cologne: Kainz from 75.
Leverkusen – Schalke 2: 1 (1: 0)
Goal: Alario (26th), Schick (72nd) or Huntelaar (81st)
Leverkusen: Dragovic replacement, Baumgartlinger injured
Schalke: Schöpf from 74, long replacement
Augsburg – Hoffenheim 2: 1 (2: 0)
Tore: Vargas (8.), Hahn (23.) bzw. Forest (85 °)
Augsburg: Gregoritsch from 46.
Hoffenheim: with Grillitsch and Posch, Baumgartner up to 69.
Mainz – Bielefeld 1: 1 (0: 0)
Goals: Brosinski (56th / penalty) and Voglsammer (76th)
Mainz: with Mwene, Onisiwo from 69, replacement for Stöger
Bielefeld: with Prietl, Gebauer from ’86.
Mönchengladbach – Freiburg 2: 1 (0: 1)
Goals: Thuram (53rd, 60th) and Sallai (10th)
Mönchengladbach: with Lainer, Wolf until minute 45 and Lázaro from minute 82
Freiburg: with Lienhart until minute 69
Sunday:
