FC Bayern suffered a setback in the fight for the championship with their first Bundesliga defeat. One player in particular is disappointing. The individual criticism.
Jamal Musiala and Leroy Sané shuffled into the away corner with hanging heads as Mainz madness broke out around the disappointed Bayern duo. Coach Bo Henriksen jumped across the pitch like a bouncy ball until he reached match winner Jae-sung Lee and gave the double packer a big hug.
Thanks to the South Korean, the 05ers had inflicted their first Bundesliga defeat of the season on the weakened leaders in a surprising 2-1 (1-0) – and at least postponed Munich’s Christmas championship. “One or two” beers, said Mainz sports director Niko Bungert with a smile on Sky, will now “certainly happen” with the sixth-place team.
The record champions are completely different: 210 days after the last league defeat to date, there was the first under coach Vincent Kompany, his fourth in a competitive game after Aston Villa and Barcelona in the Champions League and Leverkusen in the DFB Cup. His team now has 33 points – under Thomas Tuchel it was 35 at the same time last year.
Whirlwind Lee (41st, 61st) shocked the helpless Bayern, who had to do without eight stars such as striker Harry Kane and captain Manuel Neuer. National player Sané (87th) only managed cosmetic results.
In particular, Bayern’s defensive monster Min-jae Kim had a very bad day and played shockingly poorly. But he wasn’t the only Bayern player who disappointed. You can read the t-online individual review here or in the photo show above.
“You have to say that Mainz deserved it. They were more poisonous and more aggressive in the duels. We rarely had control and allowed their game to be imposed on us,” said Bayern sports director Max Eberl and emphasized: “We have no excuses from day one We weren’t looking for them and aren’t looking for them today. We have the quality to win games like this.”