In the second half of the game, Bayern slowed down and hardly created any chances to score. In accordance with the rules, referee Matthias Jöllenbeck did not interpret repeated close foul situations in favor of the hosts, the most debatable was a foul by Tanguy Nianzou Kouassi to Fabian Kunze shortly before the change of sides, in which the Bayern defender rammed his forearm into the Bielefeld man’s neck in an aerial duel, for which the referee only showed the yellow card.
“That was already clearly red for me”said Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann after the game, “The young player has to learn that when it comes to the head, you are more careful.” The coach changed Nianzou in the second half “for educational reasons” out of. Kunze was carried off the pitch in a neck cuff and taken to the hospital.