BERLIN:
A objective from French teenager Mathys Tel with three minutes remaining took Bayern Munich to a 2-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday.
The victory took Bayern degree on 9 factors with leaders Bayer Leverkusen on the prime of the Bundesliga.
A primary-half strike from Kou Itakura had Gladbach wanting like protecting their latest hoodoo over Bayern alive, earlier than Leroy Sane pulled one again halfway by the second half.
With the clock winding down, Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich curled in a nook and Tel discovered himself unmarked, with Gladbach’s defence focusing their energies on Harry Kane.
Tel headed in, sending the visiting followers into raptures and grabbing the three factors for the guests.
Bayern supervisor Thomas Tuchel stated his aspect’s “second half was possibly the most effective we have performed this yr” telling Sky “we absolutely deserved to win. We did not lose our nerve and we confirmed our power.”
Gladbach have grow to be Bayern’s bogey aspect over the previous decade, regardless of the Bavarians profitable the final 11 Bundesliga titles.
Bayern had gained solely considered one of their previous seven towards Gladbach, a run which included a 5-Zero German Cup thumping in 2021, their largest loss for the reason that 1970s.
Regardless of scoring seven objectives of their first two league video games, Bayern had few probabilities early, Gladbach marking striker Kane out of the sport.
The house aspect broke the impasse after 30 minutes, Itakura heading in a rebound from a nook to present his aspect the lead.
After the match, Bayern veteran Thomas Mueller instructed Sky “when that objective went in, I assumed ‘oh no, not once more, I am within the improper film.”
With Kane receiving Gladbach’s consideration, Sane discovered area and regarded the most certainly, rattling the crossbar 5 minutes from half-time.
The previous Man Metropolis winger finally bought his aspect on the board within the second half, pivoting after accumulating a Kimmich chip and sliding the ball into objective with the studs of his boot.