Bayern Munich’s quest for a title protection confronted a setback as they misplaced their inaugural league match of the season 5-1 to Frankfurt on Saturday, whereas RB Leipzig secured a 3-2 victory in opposition to a 10-man Borussia Dortmund.
In a moist and wild contest in Frankfurt, the hosts raced into a rare 3-0 first-half lead, with Omar Marmoush, Junior Dina Ebimbe and Hugo Larsson scoring the objectives as Dino Toppmoeller’s aspect outmuscled a timid Bayern.
Joshua Kimmich dragged Bayern again into the match simply earlier than halftime, however French midfielder Ebimbe had different concepts, capping a scintillating counterattack after a mistake by Dayot Upamecano to make it 4.
Ansgar Knauff added a fifth to place the sport out of attain for Thomas Tuchel’s aspect, finishing a memorable efficiency for Frankfurt, who grew to become the primary workforce to attain 5 objectives in opposition to Bayern within the first 60 minutes of a league sport since Frankfurt themselves in 1975.
A surprised Tuchel stated after the sport that his aspect was punished by a Frankfurt workforce who have been ruthless in entrance of objective.
“We didn’t defend consistently and were punished mercilessly today,” Tuchel informed German broadcaster ARD.
“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.”
Leaders Bayer Leverkusen retain their three-point cushion and journey to third-place Stuttgart on Sunday on a weekend when six of the Bundesliga’s prime seven face one another.
Leipzig beat Dortmund
In a sport contested between two sides within the chasing pack, Leipzig beat Dortmund in an absorbing contest at Signal Iduna Park.
Dortmund have been dealt an early blow with Mats Hummels’ purple card, which denied the guests a penalty, however they went on to take the lead within the thirty second minute by means of a Ramy Bensebaini personal objective.
Ten-man Dortmund clawed their means again into the competition by means of Niklas Suele’s close-range end on the stroke of halftime – however Leipzig’s Austrian ahead Christoph Baumgartner tapped in to place Leipzig again in entrance early within the second half.
Yussuf Poulsen struck because the clock ticked into harm time to make it three objectives and three factors, maintaining Leipzig fourth and opening a niche of 4 factors to fifth-placed Dortmund, regardless of Niclas Fuellkrug’s late header briefly giving Dortmund hope.
“These were important three points today. Very hard-earned. Really hard for the coach too. It’s difficult to analyze emotionally,” Marco Rose, previously the coach of Dortmund, and now accountable for Leipzig, informed ARD.
A despondent Dortmund coach Edin Terzic referenced the purple card for Hummels as the sport’s turning level: “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.”
Terzic acknowledged that Dortmund, who’ve just one win of their final six Bundesliga video games and slipped off the tempo within the prime 4 race, are going by means of a tough spell.
“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.”
Union Berlin received their first sport since Aug. 26 with a 3-1 victory over Borussia Monchengladbach, making certain a profitable begin within the Bundesliga below new coach Nenad Bjelica.
The Croatian boss ran down the touchline to affix the celebrations along with his gamers because the workforce climbed to fifteenth.
Elsewhere, Werder Bremen arrested a four-game winless stoop with a 2-0 win over Augsburg, secured by Niklas Stark’s first-half strike and Marvin Ducksch’s, halfway by means of the second.
Heidenheim edged out Darmstadt with a 3-2 win in a gathering of two of the newly-promoted strugglers. Jan Schoeppner scored twice for Heidenheim, leaving Darmstadt winless in seven Bundesliga video games.
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