Dream goal from Weiser without an answer
FC Bayern Munich suffered a nasty defeat against Werder Bremen
January 21, 2024, 5:26 p.m
Sensation in the Allianz Arena. SV Werder Bremen inflicts FC Bayern’s second defeat of the season. Former Munich player Mitchell Weiser scores a dream goal, Joshua Kimmich is substituted, Bayern’s late attempt remains unsuccessful. Bayer Leverkusen is moving to the top of the Bundesliga.
The deeply disappointed stars around Harry Kane and Leroy Sané stood in front of their fans with expressionless faces, coach Thomas Tuchel kept shaking his head. A shockingly weak FC Bayern is already seven points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen after a sobering 0-1 (0-0) against Werder Bremen – the proud series of eleven championships is in danger of being broken.
“We didn’t deserve the win over the 90 minutes. We were far too sluggish, there was no life in it,” said Thomas Müller on DAZN: “We didn’t have the joy to get through it. That was a hard slap in the face. ” In the catch-up game on Wednesday (8.30 p.m./Sky and in the live ticker on ntv.de) A win against Union Berlin is mandatory.
The strong Mitchell Weiser ensured the guests’ undeserved success in the 59th minute. Despite a desperate final offensive, Bayern failed to turn the game around and remained without a league goal in the home arena for the first time in four years. As a result, the record series against Werder was broken after 28 games without defeat. Bremen won against their former title rivals for the first time since September 2008. Afterwards, the overjoyed Bremen players were celebrated by the fans who had traveled with them, jumping wildly. “We really enjoyed that. We showed everything you need to win here. That’s good for us,” said Weiser. “It’s crazy that we won here,” added the good goalkeeper Michael Zetterer.
Training camp without results
After the short training camp in Portugal, Tuchel was, as expected, able to rely on Matthijs de Ligt, who was recently injured. Joshua Kimmich, who was absent from Faro for personal reasons, also started. Eric Dier, recently signed from Tottenham Hotspur, was in Bayern’s squad for the first time. Like Thomas Müller and Leon Goretzka, the Englishman initially only sat on the bench.
There was no sign of the much-praised esprit from Portugal for long stretches. Bayern clearly had difficulty bringing the “extremely high level of training” (Tuchel) into play. Bremen, who had to do without Leonardo Bittencourt and Marvin Ducksch (both suspended), acted more decisively from the start. Jens Stage (9th) failed to score against Manuel Neuer, and shortly afterwards Dayot Upamecano had to clear from Nick Woltemade in desperate need.
Bayern is constantly getting stuck
Neuer also brilliantly parried a deflected shot from Weiser. The Munich team were also lucky that a goal from Justin Njinmah was revoked due to a previous foul (25th) according to video evidence. And Bayern? They kept getting stuck. The actions were too slow and far too transparent. Apart from an Upamecano chance that Michael Zetterer (28th) defused, the well-positioned Bremen had no problems fending off the poorly executed attacks from Munich.
Even after the break, Bayern’s performance remained tough. Goalscorer Harry Kane was largely hanging in the air apart from one shot (50th). Hardly anything came from Jamal Musiala, Leroy Sané and Co. The penalty followed promptly when Weiser scored with a powerful shot.
Tuchel reacted and brought on Müller, Mathys Tel and Goretzka. He also switched to a three-man chain. The pressure now increased, but Bremen were able to clear Kane’s header (72′). Tel missed a triple chance (87th, 88th, 90th + 5).