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From the point of view of the competition of FC Bayern, the top game of this Bundesliga weekend was the last opportunity to keep the championship open at the top.
Against this form strong Frankfurt Eintracht the Munich could finally lose again, the pursuers had hoped.
And indeed: The Hessen won 2-1 (2-0) on Saturday afternoon - although their goal scorer André Silva was injured.
Luka Jovic was part of the Eintracht starting eleven for the first time since May 2019.
For Bayern it was the third defeat of the season in the Bundesliga.
You have already conceded 31 goals after 22 matchdays;
it last happened 29 years ago in the 1991/92 season.
After only one league defeat in 2020, Munich has lost for the second time in 2021.
RB Leipzig could move up to two points on the champions with a win at Hertha BSC this Sunday.
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“Bayern probably didn't expect us to be that strong at the moment.
We just showed strong football and luckily scored the goals, ”said Frankfurt's Martin Hinteregger on Sky about his team's strong first half.
Neuer criticizes the team
Bayern's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer answered the question why his team lost: “Because we didn't learn from the Bielefeld game (
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That is not enough against such a team.
At the beginning there has to be aggressiveness on the pitch.
We have to be wide awake. ”In the second half, the team gave a good picture.
"If we play here from the start, we are sure to win the game."
Bayern coach Hans-Dieter "Hansi" Flick emphasized that the right attitude will be important.
The Munich team missed this.
Without Thomas Müller and Benjamin Pavard, who are in quarantine after positive corona tests, and the injured Serge Gnabry, Douglas Costa and Corentin Tolisso, the record champions disappointed.
“Frankfurt put us under enormous pressure.
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"We got into the game badly," said Flick after the final whistle.
"We had turbulent days, you shouldn't forget that." The players are only human.
"We deserved a point today." The personnel situation is currently tense.
Tolisso violation "a tragedy"
FC Bayern will have to do without Corentin Tolisso for at least the next three months, who was seriously injured in training.
Hansi Flick very much regrets the Frenchman's failure.
Source: Stats Perform News
In midfield, Flick bet on Marc Roca, on the right side of defense on Niklas Süle.
They had big problems, especially with Amin Younes, the best player on the pitch.
Daichi Kamada's 1-0 (12th) was prepared by the professional on loan from SSC Napoli with Filip Kostic, Younes scored the 2-0 (31st) with a remarkable shot in the corner of the goal himself.
Younes commemorates the victims of Hanau
He celebrated his goal with a special gesture: After his shot, the 27-year-old ran to the sideline, where he was thrown a T-shirt.
It was printed with the picture of Fatih Saracoglu, one of the victims of the racially motivated attack in Hanau.
The terrible deeds marked their first anniversary on Saturday.
Frankfurt's Amin Younes is holding a jersey with the portrait of Fastih Sarancoglu, one of the victims of the Hanau terrorist attack a year ago
Source: pa / dpa / Arne Dedert
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“I think we just won't forget that.
Something very, very bad happened.
I was very moved and depressed when I heard that it was a year ago, "said Younes after the game.
“It doesn't bring the victims back.
But the family members should know that we think of them and that we were also affected. "
Frankfurt was clearly superior and could have led 4-0 at half-time.
Eintracht had more chances (10: 8 shots on goal) and won 53 percent of the duels.
National coach Joachim Loew watched from the stands.
Flick reacted in the second half of the game and brought Leon Goretzka into play for Roca.
Bayern now built up more pressure, after a template by Leroy Sanés, Robert Lewandowski scored the 2-1 (53rd).
Lewandowski scored in eleven of the last twelve Bundesliga games, only at Hertha BSC he had missed out.
The Polish striker set his next record: Lewandowski now has 26 goals after 22 matchdays;
Gerd Müller's previous Bundesliga record stood at 24 goals (1972/73).
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Flick also brought top talent Jamal Musiala after the connecting goal.
But it was not enough for more, the Frankfurters defended passionately and cleverly.
Tuesday evening Bayern will face an international test: In the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, they will play against Lazio Rome.