Borussia Monchengladbach beat 10-man Bayern Munich 3-2 on Saturday to depart its opponent with a slim benefit atop the Bundesliga and stretch its unbeaten run in opposition to the champion to a membership document fifth straight sport in all competitions.
The end result means Bayern, recent from Tuesday’s 1-0 Champions League Round of 16 first leg win at Paris St Germain, has solely a one-point lead over second-placed Union Berlin after its second Bundesliga defeat of the season.
Gladbach went forward by way of Lars Stindl within the thirteenth minute after Bayern acquired off to a nightmare begin with Dayot Upamecano bringing down Alassane Plea exterior the field and being despatched off for his last-man foul within the eighth minute.
Stindl missed a golden probability to double the aspect’s lead within the twenty fourth when he solely needed to faucet in from shut vary however despatched his shot vast.
Bayern saved going ahead and was rewarded within the thirty fifth with Alphonso Davies sprinting down the wing with dazzling pace and reducing again for Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting to fit within the equaliser along with his eighth league purpose this time period.
Despite coming shut with a Joshua Kimmich shot after the restart, Bayern fell behind once more when Gladbach outplayed the customer’s outnumbered defence with a fast passing transfer and Jonas Hofmann accomplished it with a cool end within the fifty fifth.
Substitute Marcus Thuram made positive of the three factors, after ending off an nearly an identical transfer down the precise earlier than Mathys Tel pulled a purpose again for Bayern in added time.
The Foals, who’ve turn out to be Bayern’s bogeyman group within the league, have now claimed 10 wins in opposition to Bayern because the 2011/12 season. No different Bundesliga membership has greater than 5 in the identical interval.
Bayern has 43 factors after 21 video games, with Union Berlin on 42 from 20 earlier than it hosts Schalke 04 on Sunday.
Gladbach climbed to eighth place on 29.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com