Mitchell Weiser shocked his former membership with the one objective as Werder Bremen defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 on Sunday, preserving Bayer Leverkusen seven factors clear on the prime of the Bundesliga. Bayern had been final held scoreless within the league in February 2020, when former Munich supervisor Julian Nagelsmann’s Leipzig recorded a 0-0 draw on the Allianz Area. Bremen’s victory, their first over Bayern in any competitors since 2008, broke a 27-game winless run in opposition to the German champions, which included 26 losses.
Leverkusen’s 3-2 win at RB Leipzig on Saturday, with Xabi Alonso’s males coming from behind twice and scoring the winner in damage time, put the strain again on Bayern, who went into Sunday’s sport with two video games in hand.
“You have to ask the players,” Bayern supervisor Thomas Tuchel instructed DAZN when requested concerning the efficiency.
“We played today like it didn’t matter, as if we were 10 points ahead and had a Champions League match to play on Tuesday.
“After the Leverkusen end result, we needed to start out aggressively and ship a sign, however we did not succeed in any respect.”
Bremen were unlucky to have a goal struck off by VAR in the first-half for a foul on Jamal Musiala but Weiser took matters into his own hands in the second period, gliding down the right wing and blasting into the net after 59 minutes.
“We confirmed the whole lot it’s good to present to win right here. At the moment we had an ideal day — and with that you would be able to beat Bayern,” said Weiser.
Bayern pinned Bremen in their own box after the opener but failed to break through.
Bayern veteran Thomas Mueller told DAZN his side were “sluggish and lifeless”, calling the result “a tough slap within the face.”
Bremen travelled to Munich making an attempt to overturn current historical past, the guests having not crushed Bayern in any competitors in 16 years.
On that day, a teenage Mesut Ozil ran riot, scoring one objective and aiding in two extra in a 5-2 victory throughout happier occasions for the four-time Bundesliga winners.
Bremen began strongly, Weiser forcing a fingertip save from Manuel Neuer halfway via the first-half.
Bremen’s Justin Njinmah had the ball within the web after a lightning-fast counter assault, however the objective was struck off, with VAR discovering a foul on Musiala on the different finish of the pitch.
Bayern exited the pitch to a sprinkling of boos and whistles however the half-time break did not revive the house facet, with Bremen persevering with to impress.
Weiser, who spent three years at Bayern after arriving as an 18-year-old earlier than leaving on a free switch in 2015, gave the guests the lead in spectacular syle, dancing down the fitting flank and unleashing a rocket into the highest of the web.
Bremen’s win consigned the defending champions to their second league lack of the season.
Bayern can lower the hole on the prime after they play their sport in hand at dwelling to Union Berlin on Wednesday.
Bremen’s victory lifts them 9 factors away from the relegation placings.
In a while Sunday, Borussia Moenchengladbach host Augsburg.
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