Two targets from Jae-sung Lee lifted Mainz to a shock 2-1 dwelling win over Bayern Munich on Saturday, handing coach Vincent Kompany his first league loss. Lee scored in every half towards an uncharacteristically poor Bayern, who are actually simply 4 factors clear after Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-0 win at Augsburg. “We performed towards a group with quite a lot of life and spirit and who was ready to battle for each second. Today we weren’t at our greatest,” Kompany stated. “We’ll use the defeat right now to construct hearth into the sport on Friday (at dwelling to RB Leipzig) as a result of that is the one method we are able to present a solution.”
Injuries meant Kompany was unable to name on a number of first group regulars together with Harry Kane, Manuel Neuer, Alphonso Davies, Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry and Joao Palhinha.
Kane’s absence was significantly telling within the first half, with the league leaders dominating possession however unable to transform any of their half probabilities right into a purpose.
Mainz boasted a better-than-expected dwelling file towards the German giants, having received three of their previous 4 dwelling league video games over Bayern.
The dwelling facet struck shortly earlier than half-time, Lee benefiting from a poor clearance from his South Korea teammate Min-Jae Kim to hammer dwelling.
Even with the information that Leverkusen had been forward in Augsburg, Bayern got here out poorer after half-time, missing precision and vitality.
Mainz quickly capitalised by means of Lee once more. Armindo Sieb threaded a intelligent cross goalwards for Lee to gather earlier than blasting dwelling on the spin.
Leroy Sane tapped in a deflected Joshua Kimmich shot within the 87th minute to provide the league leaders hope, however Mainz held agency for a well-known dwelling win.
The outcome moved Mainz, who battled relegation final season, as much as sixth.
Defending champions Leverkusen continued their latest resurgence, successful comfortably 2-0 at Augsburg, their seventh victory in a row.
Martin Terrier put Leverkusen in entrance 14 minutes in, curling the ball dwelling along with his first contact after a beautiful low cross from Jeremie Frimpong.
Florian Wirtz added a second within the fortieth minute when he managed the ball, offered the Augsburg defence a dummy earlier than skipping a shot throughout the grass and into the underside nook.
‘Shame on the membership’
Union Berlin drew 1-1 at dwelling towards last-placed Bochum in a recreation suspended by round half an hour after the visiting goalkeeper was hit by an object thrown from the group.
Bochum, had been diminished to 10 males when Koji Miyoshi was crimson carded 13 minutes in, took the lead by means of Ibrahima Sissoko regardless of the deficit 10 minutes later.
Union levelled issues up by means of Benedict Hollerbach within the thirty third minute, however had been unable to take benefit towards their undermanned opponents.
With the sport in stoppage time and Union pushing, Patrick Drewes was hit by what seemed to be a cigarette lighter, with the refree ordering the gamers off the pitch.
When they returned, each side kicked the ball between themselves till the clock wound down, apparently in settlement to not assault after the incident.
Bochum striker Philipp Hofmann, who changed Drewes between the sticks, stated the incident was “a disgrace on an in any other case likeable membership”.
In Saturday’s late recreation, targets from Derrick Koehn and Marvin Ducksch took Werder Bremen to a 2-0 win at St Pauli, taking them as much as seventh within the desk.
The match was interrupted by smoke from pyrotechnics for 10 minutes within the second half.
A double from Alassane Plea and targets to Robin Hack and Tim Kleindienst took Borussia Moenchengladbach to a 4-1 win over Holstein Kiel.
Gladbach have now misplaced simply one in every of their previous eight league video games whereas Kiel, taking part in their first season within the prime flight, sit second final.
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