The national team break did not stop Bayern Munich’s unstoppable march in the Bundesliga. now, with a hat trick from the tireless Harry Kane, beat Augsburg at the Allianz Arena (3-0) and temporarily extended its lead over Leipzig to 8 points and left current champions Bayer Leverkusen (3rd) on 12 points.
Although the victory seemed simple, Bayern, who will host PSG on Tuesday in a key match in the Champions League, had countless opportunities against an opponent who stood in front of their goalkeeper with the sole purpose of maintain a 0-0 lead.
Labrovic, a wall
He reached it within an hour of playing since then Croatian goalkeeper Nediljko Labrovic He showed himself to be invincible by repelling Bayern’s shots with his constant stops. But the Bavarian harassment finally translated into a goal afterwards a corner taken by Michael Olise and, in his attempt to avoid Kane’s shot, Mads Pedersen catches the ball with his outstretched arm.
After consulting the VAR, referee Daniel Schlager He decided the obvious penalty, which Kane converted with an unstoppable shot. It is hard to understand that Bayern scored only one goal until the 90th minute since they made 30 shots, 12 of them on goal. But Labrovic offered a recital of stops who was frustrated in the first half Goretzka and after the break the rest Jamal Musiala, who He sought the goal in every way.
Defensively, Bayern have not suffered at any time since then Augsburg has only one shot between the three sticks throughout the game, so the team Vincent Kompany This would complete a fifth successive Bundesliga victory and also a clean sheet.
Two goals from Kane in extra time
1-0 looked like it would be the final result, but Kane managed to make it a two-goal extra-time defeat. First he forced another penalty, also through VAR, when Kevin Schlotterbecka meter from the goal, prevented him from pushing the ball into the net from behind. Serge Gnabry.
The German center back saw a second yellow and Kane converted his 25th successive penalty as he missed England’s one against France at the World Cup in Qatar.
But Kane was not enough and before the end one of the great goals of the time was invented. Goretzka crossed into the area and the Englishman, after superb control in the air with his right foot, scored with a header without the ball bouncing off the grass. It was his 14th goal in the Bundesliga and he was once again outstanding for the Egyptian Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), where he was tied before today. This is the icing on the cake in a match where Kane, who reached 20 points this season, He is the great hero again.
match lineup
1
22
19
8
2
3
17
6
9
42
11
22
11
13
31
6
5
8
10
21
20
19
Allianz Arena
Nediljko Labrovic22
75′
Marius Wolf11
77′
93′
Dimitris Giannoulis13
37′
Kevin Schlotterbeck31
46′
91′
Jeffrey Gouweleuw6
Chrislain Matsima5
75′
Elvis Rexhbeçaj8
Arne Maier10
68′
62′
92′
94′
Philip Tietz21
68′
87′
Alexis Claude-Maurice20
77′
75′
Frank Onyeka19
Replacements
Finn Dahmen1
Mads Pedersen3
37′
93′
Maximilian Bauer23
Henri Koudossou44
77′
75′
Ruben Vargas16
77′
75′
Mert Komur36
68′
75′
Yusuf Kabadayi7
Samuel Essende9
68′
87′
Steve Mounie15
coach
Vincent Kompany
Jess Thorup
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
