Neuer excelled against Bone
The equalizer should have been five minutes later. After some great work from Genki Haraguchi, Robin Knoche took advantage of a mistake made by Dayot Upamecano, but Neuer deflected the shot brilliantly around the post from close range.
Seconds later, Taiwo Awoniyi also had the 1:1 on his feet, but his direct acceptance after a cross from Sheraldo Becker missed the far corner by centimeters. Merciless: Union had the chance, Bayern scored: Nianzou Kouassi, who had moved up, took advantage of a header chance to make it 2-0 in the 25th minute – again Luthe didn’t look the best.
Lewandowski makes the 30 full
And the otherwise reliable Union goalkeeper was also involved in the third goal. When running out against Robert Lewandowski after a sloppy header return from Paul Jaeckel, he came a step too late, rammed the Pole in the penalty area – who used the penalty to make it 3-0 and scored his 30th goal of the season (45th).
Should Union have dealt with the dilemma during the break, either to go all out again or to limit the damage, the answer was clear after a minute: neither. After a cross from Jamal Musiala, Lewandowski pushed the ball over the line to make it 4-0.