Bayern Munich crashed out of the German Cup within the second spherical for the third time in 4 years after a outstanding 2-1 loss at third-division Saarbruecken on Wednesday, due to a last-minute winner from Marcel Gaus.
With the scores locked at 1-1 and the match wanting destined for additional time, defender Gaus netted within the sixth minute of harm time to seize his group a well-known victory.
“When a first-division group like Bayern involves Saarbruecken and loses, then we did one thing unsuitable,” veteran Thomas Mueller informed ARD after the match.
Bayern have been overwhelmed by Holstein Kiel on penalties on the identical stage three years in the past, then thrashed 5-0 by Borussia Moenchengladbach in spherical two in 2021.
The file 20-time winners additionally misplaced within the quarter-finals at dwelling to Freiburg final season.
“There might be 100 explanations or perhaps none in any respect. We had accidents however some will say we should always win anyway,” Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel mentioned.
An “extremely proud” dwelling coach Ruediger Ziehl mentioned he had informed his gamers that Thursday’s coaching session was now “voluntary”
“If we do not have fun immediately, then we will by no means have fun.”
Bayern, who journey to Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, misplaced central defender Matthijs de Ligt to a doubtlessly critical knee harm early within the match, leaving the facet with just one match centre-back.
Six-time Cup winner Mueller regarded to have Bayern heading in the right direction for a routine victory at their less-fancied opponents, earlier than De Ligt injured his knee in a tussle quickly after and signalled instantly to the bench.
The harm pressured midfielder Joshua Kimmich into defence and appeared to place Bayern on the again foot in opposition to a resurgent Saarbruecken.
The hosts struck subsequent, Patrick Sontheimer tapping in a move from Lukas Boeder after Saarbruecken pressed midfielder Frans Kraetzig right into a mistake.
Tuchel introduced on the calvary, together with Kingsley Coman, Jamal Musiala and Serge Gnabry, however star striker Harry Kane stayed on the bench forward of Saturday’s crunch match.
With the England captain warming up forward of what regarded like sure additional time, veteran defender Gaus popped up with a second that may go down in Saarbruecken historical past.
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