Next nightmare for FC Bayern Munich at feared opponent Borussia Mönchengladbach: Due to the turbulent 2: 3 (1: 1) after more than 80 minutes outnumbered, FC Bayern is now threatened with falling from the top of the table on Sunday if Union Berlin beats bottom FC at home Schalke 04 wins.
In addition, Borussia Dortmund could catch up with a home win against the penultimate Hertha BSC. In Gladbach, Munich have been without a win for five competitive games, four of which they lost with 6:14 goals.
After the early red card against Dayot Upamecano (8th) and Gladbach captain Lars Stindl (13th) who quickly followed behind, Bayern were outnumbered to equalize through Erix-Maxim Choupo-Moting (35th minute) who had been goalless three times in a row. ). The outstanding Jonas Hofmann (55th), who prepared the other two goals, and Marcus Thuram (84th) shot the Gladbachers, who were rather disappointing this year, to victory, which keeps the door to Europe open. Mathys Tel shortened in the third minute of stoppage time.
The déjà vu experience for FC Bayern started after just seven minutes this time. Upamecano fought a running duel with Alassane Pléa, Gladbacher fell and the Munich central defender was shown the red card by referee Tobias Welz as the last man. A tough decision because the Frenchman only touched his compatriot’s shoulder lightly with his hand. But because it was not considered a clear wrong decision, it persisted even after almost three minutes of video study.
Yann Sommer parried Stindl’s free kick. The Swiss was officially adopted before the game almost exactly a month after his move to Munich after nine years. But Bayern were still unsorted, Nagelsmann had not yet been able to make a substitution and so shortly afterwards Stindl was completely free 18 meters in the middle of the goal after a free-kick was put down by Hofmann and gave his old team-mate Sommer no chance with a low shot on the bottom right. Borussia had rehearsed the variant during the week.
Immediately afterwards, Nagelsmann took the opportunity to make a tactical change. He brought Joao Cancelo, Thomas Müller, of all people, who had led the team onto the pitch as captain, had to leave. And with his 429th Bundesliga appearance for Munich, he drew level with the current CEO Oliver Kahn in second place on the Munich record list. Only long-time goalkeeper Sepp Maier has played more often for FC Bayern, 473 times. For Müller it was the 159th substitution in the Bundesliga, since last week he has been the record holder in this category.
Bayern continued to struggle defensively and were very lucky when, in the 24th minute, after a pass from Manu Koné, Stindl went 12 yards out and shot in the middle of the goal. But offensively they slowly set accents and were surprisingly quick to equalize. After a strong wing run, Alphonso Davies served Choupo-Moting with a back pass at full speed and the Cameroonian shot ice-cold from eleven meters.
Now it became a very attractive game. Bayern now played as if they were eleven, Gladbach countered very dangerously. Until the break, the goal shot statistics stood at an impressive 12:6 for Borussia. Nagelsmann brought on Leroy Sané and Jamal Musiala at the break, giving them a break at the start. Bayern now seemed to be on the trigger, but Gladbach scored the goal through Hofmann. And almost followed up two minutes later, but Rami Bensebaini hit the bar. The counterattack to 3:1 was still not the end, Tel’s goal made for hot final seconds.
