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In the 74th minute, Union coach Nenad Bjelica lost his temper

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Angelika Warmuth / REUTERS

FC Bayern Munich has shown a reaction to last weekend's bankruptcy in the Bundesliga.

Bayern won against Union Berlin 1-0 (0-0) in their own stadium with a goal from Raphaël Guerreiro (46th minute).

In the table, the gap to unbeaten leaders Bayer Leverkusen has shrunk to four points.

After the defeat, Union is still in 15th place, with a lead of three points over Mainz 05 in the relegation zone.

The game was a catch-up game from matchday 13.

At the beginning of December, the game in Munich could not take place due to extremely wintry weather.

Union still has one catch-up game left because the away game in Mainz was canceled last Friday due to weather.

Union goalkeeper Frederik Rönnow used strong actions to prevent Munich from scoring an early goal.

He made a double save from a header from Matthijs de Ligt and the following follow-up shot from Dayot Upamecano (6th) and was also there against Kingsley Coman (11th), who was dangerous again in the 23rd minute.

The first half ended with a beautiful shot from Leroy Sané, which flew just centimeters past the left post (45th + 3).

When things continued, it didn't take long to make it 1-0.

Harry Kane was cleared in the penalty area but only hit the post.

Guerreiro put the rebound in the goal (46th).

Kane misses new record mark

Shortly afterwards, Bayern celebrated again because Kane scored after good preparatory work by Konrad Laimer and Sané (55th).

But Sané was offside, which is why the goal didn't count.

With the goal, Kane would have set a new Bundesliga first-round record of 23 goals.

The Englishman remained on par with Robert Lewandowski's record from his 41-goal record season 2020/2021.

In the 72nd minute, the Iron Men were annoyed: After a counterattack, Kevin Behrens wanted to finish, but fell to the ground in a duel with Laimer, for which Union wanted a penalty.

There was no such thing – and things remained heated.

Shortly afterwards, Bayern had a throw-in on the sideline.

Sané tried to take the ball out of Union coach Nenad Bjelica's hands, whereupon he slapped the player in the face.

There was a red card for that.

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