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The boss's announcement was unmistakable.

Both coach Hanis Flick and the chairman of the board, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, demanded an appropriate reaction from the team after being eliminated in the second round of the DFB Cup at the second division Holstein Kiel.

The FC Bayern players tried everything to do justice to their superiors - but not much is coming together at the Munich team at the moment.

The team struggled to a lackluster 2: 1 (1: 0) against SC Freiburg.

A result that cannot mask the team's current problems.

“Today's game will tell if we're a top eleven.

A top team excels when things are not going well, ”said Flick, making his professionals responsible.

The 55-year-old changed half the team after the defeat at the second division and brought his absolute top team.

Leroy Sané, Niklas Süle and Lucas Hernandez, who had just started in Kiel, had to sit on the bench.

Bayern start with anger

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The team started with anger and left no doubt that they wanted to make up for Wednesday's embarrassment.

Robert Lewandowski shot Bayern after a fine assist from Thomas Müller in the sixth minute.

It was the Poland's 21st goal of the season, and never in the history of the Bundesliga has a player scored so many goals at such an early stage in the season.

Serge Gnabry was replaced with an injury

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But the early 1-0 gave Bayern no security.

Freiburg, which had previously won the previous five games, appeared self-confident in the snowstorm in Munich and took command.

Only a shot by Sané, who was substituted on for the injured Serge Gnabry, woke Bayern up after half an hour.

The Flick team became more snappy in the duels in midfield and also played in defense as Rummenigge had demanded during the week, namely "without major individual defensive errors and Bayern-like".

Leon Goretzka, who returned to the team after injury, gave Bayern midfield the stability it had recently missed.

The national player won each of his tackles in the first half and initiated many attacks.

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In the 60th minute, Goretzka narrowly missed the 2-0 when he failed after a crossbar hit by Lewandowski with his stab at Freiburg goalkeeper Florian Müller.

Instead of the preliminary decision, it set the balance a little later.

Half of the Munich defense slept at a corner of the Freiburg team.

Höfler extends the ball with his head on the second post.

There Nils Petersen was completely free in the six-yard area, the Joker was there with his head and scored the equalizer with his first ball contact (62nd).

Neuer conceded another goal

In the eleventh Bundesliga game in a row, Manuel Neuer conceded at least one goal, the last time Bayern did this 20 years ago.

Suddenly, like in the first half, the defense had big problems again with the aggressive pressing of the Freiburgers.

Bayern did not manage to build the game in an orderly manner and were particularly susceptible to counterattacks on the wings.

Benjamin Pavard on the right and Alphonse Davies on the left had to keep chasing after their opponents.

The fact that the Munich team still managed to win was due to the individual class of the individual players.

Sané put down a cross in the penalty area for Müller, the 31-year-old pushed the ball into the far corner to make it 2-1 (74th) and scored his 125th Bundesliga goal.

It was enough to win, although Bayern got into the water again in the closing stages.

It was enough to win, although Bayern got into the water again in the closing stages.

Petersen hit the ball in stoppage time and missed the chance to equalize.