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Berlin (dpa) - FC Bayern is only a hair's throw away from a defeat.
On the 11th matchday of the Bundesliga, the German champions did not get beyond a 1-1 (0-1) at 1. FC Union Berlin.
The iron team even got the better chances and could have taken all three points from the Munich team.
Grischa Prömel brought the committed hosts into the lead early (4th minute).
Bayern's top scorer Robert Lewandowski equalized (67th).
The guests did not score the winning goal, but with 24 points they remain leaders in front of the tied RB Leipzig.
Bayer Leverkusen could still pass with a win against TSG Hoffenheim on Sunday.
"It will take a lot of courage," Union coach Fischer had announced - and started doing it himself.
The Swiss never prescribed a wall tactic for his team, but rather a disciplined defense.
And offensive, the Berliners surprised the reigning Champions League winner right at the start.
After 52 seconds, Taiwo Awoniyi appeared alone in front of Manuel Neuer, with the national goalkeeper steering the ball around the post with his hand.
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Almost three minutes later, after captain Christopher Trimmel's corner, midfielder Prömel was more on the ball than Robert Lewandowski and headed into the far corner.
It was the first Bundesliga goal for the 25-year-old, who won the Olympic silver medal in 2016 together with Serge Gnabry and Leon Goretzka, among others.
For the recklessly operating Bayern, it was the fifth 0-1 deficit in a Bundesliga match and at the same time the fastest since October of the previous year and the 17th goal conceded this season.
"If Bayern take off their lederhosen," it rang out from the forest in front of the stadium, where some fans supported the Union professionals in the fan-orphaned stadium An der Alten Försterei.
Although the guests took control of the ball, they had a hard time against the Unioner who skillfully narrowed the space.
And after a counterattack initiated by the fast attacking player Sheraldo Becker, Liverpool loan Awoniyi should actually have scored the 2-0.
The young striker had already danced David Alaba as the last Bayern defender, but then shot just wide of the Bayern goal.
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The favorite tried to find gaps in the Union defense with long ball passages - for a long time without success.
Lewandowski was also unlucky for a long time in his 200th Bundesliga game.
The Pole, who was nominated for the election of world footballer, put a free kick into the wall from the best position 20 meters in front of the Union housing (45th + 1).
Alaba aimed just wide (33rd).
Union goalkeeper Andreas Luthe only had to intervene once against Gnabry (43) in the first hour.
But Bayern's pressure increased after the break.
The hosts stuck to their line, although the Dane Marcus Ingvartsen, who was called up in the Max Kruse role, had to leave the pitch early injured.
They defended skillfully and continued to use offensive pinpricks.
Awoniyi came just too late (56th).
And a shot by Marius Bülter was blocked at the last second (62nd).
This is the only way to keep Bayern in the game.
After Luthe had reacted very well against Thomas Müller (66th), Lewandowski scored his 13th goal of the season after a good preparatory work by Kingsley Coman.
The Munich team, who had to do without defense chief Niklas Süle (knee injury) in Berlin, are now pressing for the decision with substitute Leroy Sané.
But the team of coach Hansi Flick lacked the final determination, Luthe scratched a Sané header off the line in the final phase (89th).
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