A second-half penalty from Harry Kane gave Bayern Munich a 1-0 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Saturday, restoring their four-point lead on the prime of the Bundesliga desk. Defending champions Bayer Leverkusen’s 3-2 win at Borussia Dortmund on Friday drew them inside some extent of league leaders Bayern, who went into Saturday’s conflict with out the unwell Jamal Musiala. Musiala’s alternative, veteran Thomas Mueller, had an early probability halfway by way of the primary half however blasted at Gladbach goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas from point-blank vary.
Gladbach had been toothless in assault however annoyed Bayern, who had been unable to show their dominance into clear goalscoring possibilities.
With simply over 20 minutes remaining, Michael Olise was felled within the field by Gladbach’s Lukas Ullrich, bringing Kane to the spot.
The England captain, who had been largely nameless for a lot of the night time, despatched the ball low to the best and into the web.
Kane has now transformed 26 successive penalties for membership and nation since his miss in opposition to France within the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup.
“We had many, many good possibilities,” Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich advised Sky Germany.
“But we made it a bit too thrilling on the finish as we may’ve determined issues earlier.”
Bayern coach Vincent Kompany stated: “We’re pleased with the 1-0 even when we may’ve scored a aim or two extra.”
City-linked Marmoush on course
A primary-half aim from Omar Marmoush took Eintracht Frankfurt to a 1-0 win at St Pauli amid rising hypothesis that the Egypt star is getting ready to a transfer to Manchester City.
Before the sport, Frankfurt sporting director Markus Kroesche confirmed “a membership had received in touch” about Marmoush, with Sky Germany saying the ahead had already agreed private phrases with the English champions.
Marmoush was on course within the thirty second minute in opposition to his former membership, calmly turning contained in the field earlier than firing a shot into the highest nook.
The aim was Marmoush’s 14th in 16 Bundesliga video games this season, one behind Kane. The 25-year-old additionally has eight league assists.
“We did loads to maintain a clear sheet in the present day,” stated Frankfurt captain Kevin Trapp as his workforce stayed in third place.
Elsewhere, Freiburg leapfrogged Borussia Dortmund into sixth with a 3-2 house win over Holstein Kiel highlighted by a surprising free-kick from captain Christian Guenter.
Kiel’s Nicolai Remberg unwittingly diverted an Eren Dinkci cross into his personal web on 23 minutes, earlier than Guenter despatched a superb dipping shot into the highest nook from huge on the right-hand aspect.
Freiburg’s Vincenzo Grifo added a 3rd though Kiel’s Phil Harres made the house aspect sweat with two targets within the ultimate 5 minutes.
Union Berlin’s depressing week went from unhealthy to worse, happening 2-0 with 10 males at Heidenheim simply days after a German Football Association (DFB) sports activities courtroom punished them for unruly behaviour by their followers.
The DFB courtroom determined Union’s 1-1 house draw with Bochum in December must be thought-about a 2-0 win for the away aspect after a house fan threw a lighter on the head of the visiting goalkeeper.
Union president Dirk Zingler slammed the choice pre-match as an “unfair scandal”, saying the courtroom was making an attempt to make a “political instance” of the membership who’ve appealed the punishment.
Bayern loanee Frans Kraetzig gave the hosts the lead on the counter after 17 minutes in his first Heidenheim recreation earlier than Union’s Tom Rothe was pink carded for a last-man foul.
Adrian Beck sealed the win with seven minutes remaining, giving his aspect a primary win since September.
Mainz climbed previous RB Leipzig into fourth with a 2-0 house with over lowly Bochum, with Germany ahead Jonathan Burkardt scoring in every half.
A Twenty ninth-minute Mohamed Amoura aim took Wolfsburg to a 1-0 win at Hoffenheim.
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