Bundesliga: Bayern Munich squanders 2-goal result in lose to Gladbach 3-2

Bayern Munich’s defensive frailties lastly took their toll as Borussia Mönchengladbach got here from two objectives right down to beat the Bundesliga chief 3-2 on Friday.
Jonas Hofmann scored twice and Florian Neuhaus offered the bow as Gladbach dealt Bayern simply its second defeat in 15 video games.
“Gladbach were very efficient. They brutally punished three mistakes that we made,” coach Hansi Flick stated.
Bayern conceded first in every of its earlier eight league video games however recovered to lose none.
Flick was decided for his crew to make begin and Bayern was given a gap early on when Neuhaus was penalized by way of VAR for handball within the penalty space.
Robert Lewandowski duly transformed the penalty within the twentieth minute, consequently additionally ending Bayern’s behavior of conceding the primary objective.
Leon Goretzka then received the ball in midfield, performed a one-two with Leroy Sané, and doubled Bayern’s lead within the twenty sixth.
But the defending champions’ points hadn’t gone away, as Hofmann confirmed when he beat the guests’ offside entice to attain after an excellent by way of ball from Lars Stindl.

Stindl received the ball from Joshua Kimmich to arrange Hofmann once more simply earlier than halftime. The objective was initially flagged offside, however a VAR evaluate confirmed Hofmann was behind Niklas Süle when Stindl performed him by way of. Hofmann had loads of time to choose his spot and he stayed cool earlier than slotting the ball contained in the left submit.
“We twice lost the ball where we shouldn’t lose the ball and we didn’t react to it properly,” Goretzka stated.
Süle was once more at fault when Gladbach bought its third objective within the forty ninth, when his wayward go was intercepted by Hofmann, who performed a one-two with Breel Embolo earlier than laying the ball off for Neuhaus, who let fly contained in the top-right nook.

“Unfortunately, they punished these two or three bad passes that we had in the buildup,” Thomas Müller stated. “But in the end it’s pointless to talk about the goals conceded. We didn’t make enough of our pressure in the second half.”
Leipzig can transfer to the highest on Saturday with a win at dwelling over Borussia Dortmund.