Foals turn 0-2 deficit: Gladbach shocks vulnerable Bayern three times

Foals turn 0-2 behind
Gladbach shocks vulnerable Bayern triple

At the start of the 15th matchday, FC Bayern made a 2-0 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach. But the foals hit back ice cold even before the break, the record champion is anything but safe behind. In the second half, Gladbach added, Bayern are surprisingly harmless.

Manuel Neuer drove the ball away in anger, Robert Lewandowski and Co. dragged themselves off the field in consternation. Bayern Munich threatens to fall from the top of the table after an incredible festival of mistakes. The German record champions lost 2: 3 (2: 2) despite a two-goal lead in the classic at Borussia Mönchengladbach and could be replaced on Saturday by RB Leipzig as the leaders of the Bundesliga.

"Our bad passes were punished coldly, we lost the ball too easily in the forward movement," admitted Thomas Müller at DAZN: "We made too little of our siege in the second half." Bayern coach Hansi Flick explained: "Gladbach was very efficient, they brutally exploited three mistakes we made. We played good football for the first 30 minutes and determined the game." Small things would then have decided the game: "We made mistakes, lost the ball, some not so good actions in defense. After the 2: 3 we couldn't come back as we had hoped."

"As we set out to do"

Robert Lewandowski (20th, flattering hand penalty after video evidence) and Leon Goretzka (26th) brought Munich in the tricky away task initially on the apparently safe winning route. But Jonas Hofmann (35th, 45th + 1) and Florian Neuhaus (49th) inflicted the second defeat of the season on Bayern, who had been defensively weak for weeks. After 15 games, the defending champion had already conceded 22 to 24 goals (one more than Werder Bremen!) – Bayern was last in such a vulnerable defensive in the 1981/82 season, when they had already conceded 25 goals. For the first time in ten years (2: 3 at 1. FC Köln) a game was lost after a 2: 0.

Gladbach, on the other hand, was "overjoyed" with the victory, emphasized double goalscorer Hofmann at DAZN: "We scored the goals as we set out to do. We got better and better into the game, in the end it was a tough fight." Foal trainer Marco Rose said: "We can classify it correctly, we have to stick with it. That is the core message, we have had many games in which we were not lucky. Today we worked for it."

Bavaria shifts down a gear

Before the encounter, Flick had requested a "different attitude" than the last one. He admonished his team to adopt "a different attitude, a different dynamic, more intensity, more conviction". His team implemented the demand even without national player Serge Gnabry (bruise) in the initial phase in Borussia-Park. Bayern let the ball and opponents run, Joshua Kimmich and Goretzka were in control in midfield. For the tour, however, the guests were dependent on Gladbach's help. Neuhaus blacked out a handball in his own penalty area and Lewandowski accepted the gift with thanks. It was already the 20th goal of the season for the world footballer and Bayern’s first lead after eight games in which they were always 0: 1 behind.

The Munich team had the action under control afterwards and followed through with Goretzka. The international captured the ball in midfield and hit a one-two with Leroy Sané from 18 meters. But after that the series champion shifted down a gear for inexplicable reasons and the hosts got better and better into the game even without their French storm duo Marcus Thuram (suspended) and Alassane Plea (muscular problems). Bayern showed known vulnerabilities on the defensive and the Gladbach struck twice before the break.

Wonderful passes, great dangling

On both goals, captain Lars Stindl played the ball into the interface on Hofmann, who kept his nerve in front of Manuel Neuer. The national goalkeeper shouted his frustration. When they conceded the first goal, Benjamin Pavard and Sane had lost the ball together on the right side, and Kimmich did not look good when they equalized.

The Munich defensive mistakes continued even after the change. Niklas Süle played the ball straight into the feet of the Gladbach team. Hofmann put Neuhaus in the limelight, who hit the edge of the penalty area with a well worth seeing swing and ironed out his mistake before the 0-1.

Bayern ran now, the hosts offered rooms for their dreaded counterattack. Despite a lot of possession, the guests couldn't think of much to seriously embarrass the Gladbach defense bar at this stage. Flick reacted and brought in the last ailing Kingsley Coman for the inconspicuous Douglas Costa. Süle then had a great chance to equalize with his head, Matthias Ginter cleared just before the line (90th + 1).

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