The game was also helped by the 0-1 lead in the 27th minute, when Neuer made one of his rare mistakes and let the ball slide through his hands and under his upper body into the goal. Neuer also mentioned the “first goal” as a key moment, “and of course I played my part in it. I made the wrong decision.”
Thanks to a dream goal from Luis Díaz, who first saved the ball with a tackle from the touchline and then hit it under the crossbar from an impossible angle, Bayern came back before half-time (38th). But little changed in the game even after the break. Danilho Doekhi’s second goal gave Union an undeserved lead for the second time seven minutes before the end. Already in stoppage time, Bayern’s first defeat of the season seemed unavoidable.
But then Harry Kane struck again with his header after substitute Tom Bischof’s cross in stoppage time. And at least saved Bayern’s current status of invincibility.
“This shows the spirit and determination of the team. We never give up defeat at any time,” said the goalscorer afterwards on Sky about the saved point in Berlin. “We could have easily left the pitch with a defeat today and then had to say goodbye to the international break,” admitted Kane. “But the way we got this draw keeps the momentum going for us, even though our winning streak has ended here.”
That doesn’t necessarily have to mean “something bad,” Kane continued. “Now there’s less talk about it and we can focus on winning games again.”
Kane also spoke of a “tough game” that the “Iron” had given Bayern. That’s why Union was on the verge of becoming the first team in the current season to break through the record champions’ aura of invincibility. “It was exactly what we expected in principle: a big fight, a lot of long balls, a lot of set pieces that had to be defended, a terrible pitch, a lot of small decisions against us,” said Kane: “We had to fight. But even when we fell behind, we stayed focused.”