2023-12-09T18:39:19+00:00
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/ Eintracht Frankfurt inflicted a humiliating loss on Bayern Munich, the title holder for the last 11 seasons, when they beat them 5-1 on Saturday in the fourteenth round of the German Football League.
Egyptian Omar Marmoush (12), Frenchman Eric Impe (31 and 50), Swedish Hugo Larsen (36) and Ansgar Knopf (60) scored the goals of Eintracht Frankfurt, and Joshua Kimmich (44) scored the goal of Bayern Munich.
This is Bayern’s first loss (32 points) this season after 10 victories and two draws, knowing that it has a postponed match from the last stage against Union Berlin, and the first after six consecutive victories in the league, and thus missed the point of seizing the lead, even if temporarily, from Bayer Leverkusen, who has the opportunity to expand the gap. Up to six points if it wins over Stuttgart on Sunday.
The Bavarian club is also in danger of falling to third place if Stuttgart (30) wins over Leverkusen.
Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel confirmed in the press conference, “It was a deserved victory for Eintracht. To what extent I do not know, but we were severely punished because of the opportunities we wasted.”
He added, “Individual errors are very numerous in today’s match, but they are not errors that lead to the player being alone on goal. The second, third, and fourth goals came from situations in which we were still superior after the individual error.”
He continued, “We did not find or exploit the spaces well. We did not have complete control over the match. Even when we were superior, we were unable to avoid counterattacks and opportunities. It is a long list today.”
On the other hand, Frankfurt advanced to seventh place with 21 points, ending a series of four consecutive defeats in various competitions, the last of which was at the hands of third-tier Saarbrücken, which eliminated it from the 16th round of the German Cup competition, after knocking out Bayern itself in the previous round.
A goal and two assists for Marmoush
This is the first time in more than four years that Bayern Munich has suffered a heavy loss in the league, specifically since November 2, 2019, against Eintracht Frankfurt in particular, with the same score, 1-5.
The last time the Bavarian team conceded five goals in the first sixty minutes dates back to 1975 against Frankfurt itself, according to Opta statistics.
Bayern Munich bid farewell to the local cup competition in late October 2021, losing to Borussia Mönchengladbach 5-0 in the final 16.
Marmoush established himself as one of the stars of the match by opening the scoring and assisting the third and fifth goals.
Eintracht hit Frankfurt hard and opened the scoring after 12 minutes through Marmoush, who took advantage of a rebound from the post after a shot by Algerian international Fares Chaybi, which the Egyptian international followed from close range and bounced off Canadian Alphonso Davis directly into the goal (12).
Ibimbe was able to double the score after he dribbled past two players and shot past goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (31).
Frankfurt stunned its Bavarian guest with a third goal before the end of the first half after an effort by Marmoush in the middle of the Bayern stadium before he passed to Larsson, who dribbled a defender and shot to the left of goalkeeper Neuer (36).
Kimmich reduced the score before the end of the first half with a long shot (44), but Ebembe restored the gap to its previous state at the beginning of the second half, specifically four minutes later, by scoring the fourth goal from a wonderful counterattack, taking advantage of a lapse by French defender Dayo Upamecano.
Knauf concluded the festival with the fifth goal following a pass from Marmoush, amid a major collapse in the ranks of German coach Thomas Tuchel’s team.