Is the name of the Bundesliga over? Maybe quite a lot. But Bayern Munich took a big step towards regaining the Bundesliga name opposite Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday. While Rekordmeister beat SC Freiburg 2-1, Leverkusen threw two problems at RB Leipzig after leading 2-0 from the start.
Bayern beat Freiburg thanks to goals from Harry Kane (15th) and Min-Jae Kim (54th). Matthias Ginter (69th) made the game attractive in the second half, but Bayern managed to keep the 3 points, unlike Leverkusen. Goals from Patrik Schick (18′) and Aleix García (36′) were not enough, as David Raum (41′) and an own goal from Edmond Tapsoba (85′) allowed Leipzig to come back.
In fact, it seems like a vital moment in the race for the name. Levekusen are now six places behind the Rekordmeister. This means that even a home win in February against Bayern would only leave the gap to 3 places. With both groups far behind and ahead of the rest At the end of the competition, Leverkusen and Bayern are unlikely to leave many problems in the future.
For Bayern, the result also comes just days after poor functionality opposed to Feyenoord in the Champions League. “It’s not turbulent,” Bayern head coach Vincent Kompany said of his team’s reaction to the result in Rotterdam. It calms me down. We calm down. It could not replace what was carried out in Rotterdam. But today, we influence what would happen here. “
There was undoubtedly a time when the result in Rotterdam would have significantly derailed things for Bayern. Instead, the Rekordmeister showed a mature performance against a Freiburg side that, going into the matchday, had one of the best home records in the league with just one defeat.
“It may not have been our best game, but it’s one of the best wins because we know how difficult it is here in Freiburg,” Kompany sad. “It was a difficult week for us with the three games in a row.”
The victory against Freiburg and Leverkusen was not the only good news for Bayern Munich on Saturday. For the first time since November 22, when he scored against Augsburg, star striker Kane controlled the goal in Open Play.
“Harry has never doubted himself,” Kompany said when asked about Kane. “He stayed calm and continued with strong paintings. Of course, we can communicate about his purpose today, he also deeply advocated and helped the team tremendously. He communicates about his character.
Bayern midfielder Joshua Kimmich was quick to congratulate Kane. “He helped us a lot defensively and he was even given a yellow card,” Kimmich said. “Whatever his purpose, what he did today was precisely what we needed. “It’s not about scoring hat-tricks.
(L-R) Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmich, Harry Kane and Joao Palhinha of Bayern Munich celebrate their … [+] 2-1 win over SC Freiburg. The victory puts Bayern Munich six points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)
There is truth in Kimmich’s words that it isn’t all about goals. But Kane finally getting on the scoresheet is significant. After all, the English striker has been a shadow of his former self over the last few games, utterly absent at times, forcing Bayern to play almost with a man down.
This is a giant component of history here. Kane is an attacker of global elegance. But unlike his predecessor Robert Lewandowski, his lack of aim is more visual because he is not as complete as the Polish Barça star. Perhaps the Bayern can compensate for his lack of contrition in front of the Bundesliga teams, but in the Champions League Rekordmeister cannot play with a single man.
The result of Leverkusen and Kane’s goal were not the only good news for Bayernarray João Palhinha and Josip Stanisic also were injured again. These two returns are vital given the injury of the Canadian star Alphonso Davies and the fact that Leon Goretzka has been drinking because of a disease.
“I’m very pleased that they’re both back,” Kompany said. “We have very intense weeks again. We’ve never complained about things going wrong and we had injuries. Stani offers us one more option. ” Just like Aleksandar Pavlovic, who, after a fall injury, also looked like before today.
This weekend has been excellent for Bayern. The Rekordmeister is now in firm control of the title race. The return of Kane scoring and a couple of players returning gives Kompany additional options at a time when the calendar becomes denser and the opponents tougher.
With all that in mind, Bayern still needs to be vigilant in the Bundesliga title race. But even then, this weekend feels decisive, and it feels like the Rekordmeister has made a big step towards their 34 German championship.
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