Three days after the first competitive defeat of the season against Arsenal FC FC Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga as expected – but had more problems than expected in the 3-1 (1-1) win against FC St. Pauli on Saturday afternoon.
The blatant outsider took the lead thanks to Andreas Hountondji’s early goal (5th minute of the game). Raphael Guerreiro equalized for Bayern in the first half (44′), but then Bayern struggled for a long time. In stoppage time, Bayern celebrated again – and twice: Luis Diaz scored with a header to make it 2-1, and Nicolas Jackson scored the final point just before the final whistle.
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“We must not forget how important these late points are“, said Bayern coach Vincent Kompany in the Sportschau interview about the goals shortly before the end.”I also told the team that. Scoring three goals in games like this is important.”
Bayern achieved another victory after the premier league defeat in London and remain the undisputed Bundesliga leaders. St. Pauli, on the other hand, suffered their ninth Bundesliga defeat in a row and thus extended the club’s negative record. Nevertheless, Hamburg can build on their performance; St. Pauli stood up to the clear favorites for long stretches.
“When you see how the boys have put everything into it, it’s really tough“, St. Pauli coach Alexander Blessin struggled with the goals conceded in stoppage time.”The longer the game went on, the more people thought that something was possible here today. But you can’t always defend everything perfectly. They’re just too good for that.”
Coman is said goodbye, Bayern missed the start
Shortly before the game, former Munich player Kingsley Coman, who moved to Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia before the season, was honored. Whether Bayern were still nostalgic at the start of the game, for example about Coman’s decisive goal for the 2020 Champions League title, is speculation. But the fact is that the Munich team completely overslept the first few minutes – and immediately fell behind against the blatant outsiders.
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Joshua Kimmich and Konrad Laimer didn’t do well in building up the game, which enabled Mathias Pereira Lage to win the ball high. Hountondji delivered his pass robustly, but Min-Jae Kim was left behind in the direct duel. The Frenchman’s shot hit the near corner, which left Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer a little too open. The early cold shower after the defeat in London was perfect; it was also Bayern’s fourth 0-1 deficit in a row.
Munich’s Karl hits the post, Diaz’s strong assist
Bayern, who had changed four positions compared to the Champions League game (including Michael Olise taking a seat on the bench), had a hard time finding their way into the game. As expected, the Munich team took control of the game, but time passed before a scoring opportunity arose. This was provided by youngster Lennart Karl, who was released on his right side and aimed for the far corner with a direct shot – the ball hit the post (24th).
Andreas Hountondji hits the near corner to give the visitors a surprising lead (6th)
Karl’s shot was the start of a good phase for Bayern, and it became more compelling. Top scorer Harry Kane scored with a low shot (29th), Tom Bischof hit the post with his deflected long-range shot like Karl before (35th). Luis Diaz, who had remained quite pale until then, then prepared the fully deserved equalizer with a flash of inspiration: the Colombian took a long ball behind the Hamburg defensive line, and as he fell, Diaz passed it to Guerreiro. Guerreiro, called up by Kompany in the number 10 position, finished with his strong left foot into the left corner.
St. Pauli impresses with consistent defensive work
Bayern’s Aleksandar Pavlovic and Jonathan Tah had already amassed over 100 ball possession phases by the break (!), which was proof of how dominant the leaders were in the game. And yet: St. Pauli defended itself strongly, and at the beginning of the second half the Hamburg team managed to contain Munich’s attacking efforts. The Hamburg team even dared to move forward again and again and took long-range shots towards the Bayern goal.
Nevertheless, Bayern remained clearly superior, but the final pass was always missing. Even Oliseh, who came in for Laimer at half-time, couldn’t change the fact that the game was a bit bubbling along in the middle of the second half – it wasn’t the storm that one could have expected given the circumstances.
Bayern put pressure on in the final phase
It took until the final phase for Bayern to really get serious. The crosses now increased, the passes became sharper, the body language of the Munich team more energetic. After a corner, Kane had the opening goal on his feet, but shot a volley onto the post (81′) – a chance that the Englishman usually wouldn’t miss.
Kompany made several offensive changes, giving further impetus towards an unconditional final offensive. His team also delivered this, but there was no luck – until Diaz headed in a precise cross from Joshua Kimmich and was finally crowned the match winner after his strong assist for the first goal.
St. Pauli now threw everything forward again and wanted to force the equalizer with the courage of desperation. After winning the ball, Munich scored instead when Jackson was free and slotted it into the right corner to make the final score 3-1.
Cover it: Jackson makes it 3-1 in the sixth minute of stoppage time
Bavaria at Union, St. Pauli in Gladbach
In the DFB Cup, duels with Bundesliga teams await both teams during the week. Bayern will be guests at Union Berlin on Wednesday evening (8:45 p.m.). St. Pauli will face the in-form Borussia from Mönchengladbach in the DFB Cup on Tuesday evening (6 p.m.).