2-2 with Union: Kane spares Bayern from first defeat of the season

Bayern snatch a late draw at Union Berlin and play out a 2-2 tie. The hosts shocked the record champions, scoring both goals from set pieces. The Kompany team's winning streak has thus come to an end, but Harry Kane prevented worse.

Winning streak snapped! Bayern secure a 2-2 draw at Union Berlin, with Danilho Doekhi scoring twice for the Köpenick side. The Munich team couldn't play their usual game on Saturday afternoon. However, Harry Kane secured a late point for FCB .

Vincent Kompany didn't field exactly the same eleven on Saturday afternoon as he did last Tuesday evening against Paris Saint-Germain. Leon Goretzka replaced Aleksandar Pavlovic in the starting lineup . Otherwise, there were no changes from the furious 2-1 win over the Champions League winners.

But Bayern got off to anything but a good start: Union were much more active in the duels, stood extremely compact in defense, and so the Kompany team couldn't push their opponents deep into their own half as they had in recent weeks.

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After nine minutes, the hosts were already celebrating: Ilyas Ansah seemingly made it 1-0 for the "Eisernen" after a corner, but after a VAR check, the goal was disallowed due to a narrow offside position by Ansah. What could have been a wake-up call for Munich turned out to be much more of a confidence boost for Steffen Baumgart's team.

The Köpenick side continued to play their game, which mostly took place in the reigning German champions' half. Bayern , on the other hand, had yet to make an impact going forward. And so it happened in the 27th minute: Danilho Doekhi put Union ahead after a corner from Janik Haberer.

From a half-right position, Doekhi finished with a low shot from about ten meters out, Neuer was there – but the five-time World Goalkeeper let the ball slip through. Afterward, Bayern had a bit more of the play, but Union defended passionately.

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And so Diaz scored the equalizer from what seemed like a hopeless situation. Josip Stanisic played a through ball on the left towards the byline, which seemed too far – but Diaz managed to stretch for the ball, slipped it past the Union defender, and smashed it from a tight angle over goalkeeper Rönnow into the far corner, the ball nestling in the top corner – a dream goal.

As a result, the record champions were much better in the game, although Union continued to win numerous balls with their physical style of play. In the 44th minute, things got dangerous in Bayern's penalty area: a rebound landed at Ansah, who shot from a half-left position, but Neuer made a strong save.

The ensuing counterattack went down the right through Kane, who played a superb pass to Diaz. The Colombian was then free in front of the Berlin goal but put the ball well wide to the right. It turned into a game full of highlights: shortly before the break, Olise had a shot from the edge of the box, Rönnow parried, the ball landed via Upamecano at Kane, who scored, but was offside. The halftime whistle followed.

At the start of the second half, Bayern couldn't pick up where they left off at the end of the first. In the first ten minutes, neither team registered a shot on goal. Union Berlin remained extremely strong in the duels and alert, kept pressing, and after a counterattack in the 58th minute, Haberer shot from a half-right position in the box, but put it over the bar.

Bayern finally became really dangerous through Olise in the 60th minute, who was set up by Kimmich and then shot towards the near post, but Rönnow made a strong save. In the 59th minute, Lennart Karl came on for Serge Gnabry.

After a free kick in the 83rd minute, Doekhi made it 2-1 and completed his brace. Harry Kane then headed in a cross from Tom Bischof in stoppage time to make it 2-2, rescuing a point for Munich. After 16 consecutive wins, Bayern thus recorded a draw.

However, the Munich side still defend their lead at the top of the Bundesliga table. Now, FCB heads into the international break. Afterwards, the record champions will face SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga (November 22, 3:30 p.m., Allianz Arena).

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