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Munich (dpa) - The Bayern stars sauntered off the lawn after the first half of the championship, visibly relieved.
After the cup shock, world footballer Robert Lewandowski brought Munich back to 2-1 (1-0) in the Bundesliga against SC Freiburg with his 21st goal of the season (7th minute) and assist king Thomas Müller (74th) in the track.
But only centimeters were missing - and the record champions would have had to digest the next frustration after the last two competitive game bankruptcies.
After his equalizer (62nd), super joker Nils Petersen only hit the crossbar in stoppage time.
“That annoys me brutally.
I then ask myself to do that too.
I'm sorry, ”said the striker on Sky TV.
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“We didn't have an easy phase,” said Bayern coach Hansi Flick: “And today it was important that we show that we want to win this game.
I had the feeling that it was like that from the beginning. "
Bayern defender Jerome Boateng commented: “I think it was a work victory.
Overall, we can be satisfied with the win.
Of course, we have to improve the way we play. ».
For the most recent negative experiences, he did not want to accept tiredness in the mind and body.
“We know ourselves that we have played most of the games that it is not easy.
But today you also saw that it is still possible to win games.
We don't always have to shine.
We want to win games, and that's what we're here for, ”said Boateng.
After losing points to the three pursuers Leipzig, Leverkusen and Dortmund, the Munich team expanded their lead in the table.
Before the last first half of the season, they have four points ahead of Leipzig and can therefore no longer be displaced from first place in the first half of the season.
Coach Hansi Flick was pleased about the reaction of his ensemble, which had been changed to six positions.
With a lot of effort, more volume on the pitch and more speed, defensive vulnerabilities remained.
Manuel Neuer has to wait for his 196th clean sheet game in the league.
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Lewandowski screwed up his record yield in the first half of a season, Müller his template balance.
His pass to Lewandowski at 1-0 after a quick direct combination with Serge Gnabry was the 125th assists in the Bundesliga, the most assists of all players since the beginning of this data collection in 2004. Even before this Lewandowski goal it would have been after an air duel between him and Manuel Gulde can give hand penalties.
But referee Christian Dingert did not give it, according to the pictures (6th).
The Freiburg team needed some time to recover from the lightning deficit and Baptiste Santamaria's early injury.
But coach Christian Streich's team found their way into the game better and, with the self-confidence from five wins in a row, played an interesting game with the Munich team, defeated by Borussia Mönchengladbach a week ago (3-2).
A shot by Roland Sallai rolled just past the Bayern goal (17th).
Bitter for Freiburg: After the break, Santamaria substitute Amir Abrashi also had to go out (54th).
Gnabry caught it at Bayern, for whom a long-range shot with a quick parade by Florian Müller was the last action of the game (25th).
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In an entertaining Bundesliga game, Lewandowski and Müller had the decision on their feet shortly before the Petersen equalization.
Lewandowski hit the crossbar, Müller failed on the second attempt at keeper Müller (59th).
Petersen punished this three minutes later when he was there after a corner from Nicolas Höfler.
He expanded his Joker record series to 28 goals.
But unlike in Mönchengladbach and the penalty knockout in Kiel, Bavaria struck back successfully.
Sané put on for Müller, who after his preliminary work at 1-0 this time enforced.
Freiburg didn't give up, it stayed exciting until the end.
But after conceding a goal in stoppage time in Kiel, Munich did not give away the victory this time with luck.
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