{"id":33944,"date":"2023-12-10T22:50:32","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T22:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/bayern-thrashed-by-frankfurt-in-bundesliga-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-12-10T22:50:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T22:50:32","slug":"bayern-thrashed-by-frankfurt-in-bundesliga-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/bayern-thrashed-by-frankfurt-in-bundesliga-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern thrashed by Frankfurt in Bundesliga | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bayern Munich<\/a> suffered a jolt to their title defence, losing their first league game of the season 5-1 in Frankfurt on Saturday while RB Leipzig triumphed 3-2 at 10-men Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n

In a wet and wild contest in Frankfurt, the hosts raced into an extraordinary 3-0 first-half lead, with Omar Marmoush, Junior Dina Ebimbe, and Hugo Larsson scoring the goals as Dino Toppmoeller’s side outmuscled a timid Bayern.<\/p>\n

Joshua Kimmich dragged Bayern back into the match just before half-time but French midfielder Ebimbe had other ideas, capping a scintillating counter-attack after a mistake by Dayot Upamecano to make it four.<\/p>\n

Ansgar Knauff added a fifth to put the game out of reach for Thomas Tuchel’s side to complete a memorable performance for Frankfurt<\/a>, who become the first team to score five goals against Bayern in the first 60 minutes of a league game since Frankfurt themselves, in 1975.<\/p>\n

A stunned Tuchel said after the game that his side were punished by a Frankfurt team who were callous in front of goal.<\/p>\n

“We didn’t defend consistently and were punished mercilessly today,” Tuchel told German broadcaster ARD.<\/p>\n

“That’s why this result is very difficult to digest on the scoreboard. We deserved to lose. Not 5-1, but we deserved to lose. That is the bottom line.”<\/p>\n

Leaders Bayer Leverkusen retain their three-point cushion and travel to third-place Stuttgart on Sunday on a weekend when six of the Bundesliga’s top seven face each other.<\/p>\n

In a game contested between two sides in the chasing pack, Leipzig beat Dortmund in an absorbing contest at Signal Iduna Park.<\/p>\n

Dortmund were dealt an early blow with Mats Hummels’ red card, which denied the visitors a penalty but they went on to take the lead in the 32nd minute through a Ramy Bensebaini own goal.<\/p>\n

Ten-man Dortmund clawed their way back into the contest through Niklas Suele’s close-range finish on the stroke of half-time – but Leipzig’s Austrian forward Christoph Baumgartner tapped in to put Leipzig back in front early in the second half.<\/p>\n

Yussuf Poulsen struck as the clock ticked into injury time to make it three goals and three points, keeping Leipzig fourth and opening a gap of four points to fifth-placed Dortmund, despite Niclas Fuellkrug’s late header briefly giving Dortmund hope.<\/p>\n

“These were important three points today. Very hard-earned. Really hard for the coach too. It’s difficult to analyse emotionally,” Marco Rose, formerly the coach of Dortmund, and now in charge of Leipzig, told ARD.<\/p>\n

A despondent Dortmund coach Edin Terzic referenced the red card for Hummels as the game’s turning point: “It’s not easy to play against RB Leipzig, especially when you’re outnumbered. You saw that we got off to a really good start, were very dominant… after the red card it was a completely different game.”<\/p>\n

Terzic acknowledged that Dortmund, who have only one win in their last six Bundesliga games and slipped off the pace in the top four race, are going through a rough spell.<\/p>\n

“It’s a very difficult phase we’re going through at the moment. It’s not easy to answer similar questions on the microphone every three days.”<\/p>\n

Union Berlin won their first game since August 26 with a 3-1 victory over Borussia Moenchengladbach ensuring a winning start in the Bundesliga under new coach Nenad Bjelica.<\/p>\n

The Croatian boss ran down the touchline to join the celebrations with his players as the team climbed to 15th.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Werder Bremen arrested a four-game winless slump with a 2-0 win over Augsburg, secured by Niklas Stark’s first-half strike and Marvin Ducksch’s, midway through the second<\/p>\n

Heidenheim edged out Darmstadt with a 3-2 win in a meeting of two of the newly-promoted strugglers. Jan Schoeppner scored twice for Heidenheim, which leaves Darmstadt winless in seven Bundesliga games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n