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Frankfurt / Main (AP) - Record champions Bayern Munich stumbled under the eyes of national coach Joachim Löw in the title fight of the Bundesliga.
The league leaders lost 1: 2 (0: 2) at Eintracht Frankfurt and could come under pressure again if their pursuers RB Leipzig won on Sunday.
Daichi Kamada in the 12th minute and Amin Younes (31st) scored for the Hessians, who are still on course for their first participation in the Champions League.
Robert Lewandowski's 26th goal of the season (53rd) was not enough for Bayern in the end.
In the early stages, the game had to be interrupted for a good four minutes because assistant referee Mike Pickel was injured and could not continue.
The fourth official Tobias Reichel stepped in for him.
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As soon as the game started again, the clearly better Eintracht celebrated in the first half - even though striker André Silva was injured.
Filip Kostic passed from the left into the middle, where Kamada spiked the ball into the net for Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
A little later, the national goalkeeper was almost outwitted by Amin Younes, but a lift from the Frankfurt midfielder from around 40 meters just missed the target.
Bayern, where defender Jérôme Boateng, who recently failed due to private problems, made his comeback, had a hard time against the aggressive and strong-running Hessen.
Initially, little was seen of the otherwise dominant possession football.
The record champions only developed their first big chance in the 40th minute.
Joshua Kimmich failed with a long-range shot at Eintracht goalkeeper Kevin Trapp, who also fended off Kingsley Coman's margin.
At that time, Munich, who were missing five players in Thomas Müller, Benjamin Pavard, Corentin Tolisso, Douglas Costa and Serge Gnabry, were already 2-0 down.
Younes had crowned his strong performance after half an hour with a great shot in the corner.
Shortly before the break, things could have been worse for Bayern, but Almamy Touré failed because of Neuer.
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After the change, Bayern coach Hansi Flick brought Leon Goretzka, who had recovered from a corona infection.
But the guests not only gave a different picture in terms of personnel.
From the start, the club world champion pushed the home side on the defensive and rewarded himself with the quick connection through Lewandowski, who met after great preparatory work by Leroy Sané.
One wave of attack after the other rolled towards the Eintracht gate.
Frankfurt hardly took place on the offensive - especially since Luka Jovic remained pale in his starting eleven.
The only drawback in the significantly improved Bayern game was the exploitation of chances.
Goretzka (63rd) and Coman (69th) missed the equalizer.
On the other hand, Neuer saved his team shortly before the end with a Kostic shot from the third goal.
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