Guerreiro strike offers Bayern much-needed win over Union

BOB The RhinoJanuary 24, 202400 views

Raphael Guerreiro’s second-half strike gave Bayern Munich a win over Union Berlin and three important factors within the Bundesliga title race.

Picture: FC Bayern München

Bayern Munich picked up a much-needed win within the title race on Wednesday evening, beating Union Berlin 1-0 in Wednesday’s postponed match to chop Bayer Leverkusen’s lead on the high of the desk to 4 factors.

The German champions nearly broke the impasse early on, with Frederik Rønnow saving from Matthijs de Ligt and Dayot Upamecano after a nook.

Kingsley Coman and Leroy Sané additionally threatened to place Bayern forward within the first half, however for a lot of the opening 45 minutes they lacked the creativity and depth to open up a resolute Union protection.

That modified after the break, nevertheless, as Raphael Guerreiro wanted only one minute of the second half to place Bayern forward. After Harry Kane’s preliminary effort hit the woodwork, the ball fell to the Portugal worldwide, who unleashed an excellent outside-of-the-boot end.

Bayern thought they’d doubled their lead within the fifty fifth minute when Harry Kane discovered the again of the web, however the aim was dominated out as Leroy Sane was offside within the build-up.

After struggling to create something resembling an opportunity for a lot of the match, Union got here near an equaliser within the 72nd minute when Manuel Neuer denied second-half substitute Jerome Roussillon from a promising place. Union appealed for a penalty after Kevin Behrens went down within the field making an attempt to get on the tip of the preliminary cross, however their protests had been waved away.

Quickly after, tempers flared between Union coach Nenad Bjelica and Leroy Sané on the touchline. Sane was sad with Bjelica’s reluctance to present him the ball for a throw-in, and the Union coach responded by shoving the Bayern winger in his face. Because of this, Bjelica was proven a purple card, and Sane was booked.

Within the closing levels, Bayern got here nearer to doubling the lead than Union did to equalizing, however no additional targets had been scored as Thomas Tuchel’s males secured an important 1-0 victory.

Having performed 18 league video games, Bayern at the moment are 4 factors behind Bayer Leverkusen on the high of the desk. Union sit in fifteenth place, simply above the relegation zone.