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Status: 04/03/2021 8:25 pm
Although RB Leipzig were the busiest and best team for long periods in the Bundesliga main game against Bayern Munich, the record champions cheered again at the end.
Leon Goretzka scored the winning goal for Munich on Saturday (April 3, 2021) at 1-0 (1-0) in Leipzig (38th minute), increasing his lead at the top of the table to seven points . With seven days of play remaining, Bayern can only theoretically stop on their way to the 31st championship title.
Bayern manager Hansi Flick had chosen Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting to represent the injured Robert Lewandowski at the center of the storm, so Serge Gnabry was initially on the bench. The moves against Julian Nagelsmann allowed his Leipzig to start without a “real” center forward.
No chances, and then a goal
The long-awaited top game started quickly and intensely, but left no real scoring opportunities for a long time. Aggressive pressing, especially that of Leipzig, and the resulting imprecise reproduction shaped the initial phase, in which RB gained slight field advantages.
With the first big chance of the game, it happened directly: Bayern hit. Thomas Müller pushed his way through after a good pass to the baseline, then leaned back on the approaching Goretzka and dunked the ball with full force into the short corner. The goal caused the Munich team to abandon their wait-and-see attitude and smelled the second goal. Leroy Sané (42nd) and Choupo-Moting (43rd) missed because of Leipzig goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi. But until the break, no more goals were scored.
Leipzig runs, but does not score
The hosts started the second race in anger. Christopher Nkunku, Marcel Sabitzer and Dani Olmo had three good chances to shoot between the 49th and 52nd minutes, but they all fired wide. RB had three better chances after just seven minutes than in the first round.
After just under an hour, Manuel Neuer had to show his class: the national goalkeeper directed a shot from Sabitzer just over the crossbar. The equalizer was in the air, Bayern barely had a chance to break free. The final ratio in the second half was 9: 0 after 70 minutes, but the score remained at 0: 1.
Because the Munich team also realized at some point that they were risking equalization, they did a little more for their own relief as RB progressed further and further. Defensive protection remained the clearly visible primary goal of the record champions’ system of play. And hard. Even if Nagelsmann took all his offensive options to the grass.
Nagelsmann: “He shoots very few goals”
“It was actually a very close match today. I think we showed in the second half in particular that we can defend very well in our own half,” said winning scorer Goretzka, praising both the opponent and his own Mindset. Nagelsmann said: “Bayern had big problems against us in the second half. At the end of the day, we just didn’t score enough goals.”
Matchday 28: Leipzig in Bremen, Bayern v Union Berlin
On matchday 28, the Leipzig team will play Werder Bremen next Saturday (April 10, 21 at 3:30 pm), while Bayern will face Union Berlin at the same time. Before that, however, Munich’s premier class will be played against Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.
Those: sportschau.de
