Bayern Munich is already eight points behind leaders Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. The Munich team suffered their third defeat in a row in a competitive game.
Hanging heads at Bayern Munich: The champions are in danger of losing touch with the top of the table.
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Until the tennis balls started flying, the Munich team had a lot of things under control. National player Jamal Musiala gave them the lead with his sixth goal of the season (14th), and Harry Kane also missed a huge chance to make it 2-0 (19th). But after the twelve-minute interruption due to the protests against the planned DFL investor, Bayern were completely lost and fell behind by the break thanks to goals from Takuma Asano (38th) and Keven Schlotterbeck (44th).
Kevin Stöger made it 3-1 with a penalty kick (78th), Dayot Upamecano received a yellow-red card for the previous foul. The Frenchman had already been sent off the pitch on Wednesday in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Champions League at Lazio Rome, causing the decisive penalty to make it 0-1. Kane, who had had no luck until then, reduced the score to 2:3 (87′) – but it was no longer enough for Bayern.
Things are now likely to be unpleasant for Tuchel after he said before the game: “The nights after are not nice, and waking up after a defeat isn’t nice either.” The week was “absolutely modest. Overall, the mood is as if we were in a relegation place.”
In addition to the six already missing Sacha Boey, Alphonso Davies, Konrad Laimer, Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry and Bouna Sarr, Bayern also lost Aleksandar Pavlovic at short notice. Leroy Sané, who had been in the starting line-up in all 21 league games so far, initially only sat on the bench due to ongoing problems with his patellar tendon.