Two objectives from Jae-sung Lee lifted Mainz to a injury 2-1 house win over Bayern Munich on Saturday, handing mentor Vincent Kompany his first league loss.
Lee scored in each and every 1/2 in opposition to an uncharacteristically needful Bayern, who are actually simply 4 issues sunny next Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-0 win at Augsburg.
“We performed in opposition to a group with a dozen of pace and spirit, and who was once ready to struggle for each year. Nowadays we weren’t at our highest.
“We’ll use the defeat today to build fire into the game on Friday (at home to RB Leipzig) because that’s the only way we can provide an answer,” Kompany mentioned.
Accidents intended Kompany was once not able to name on a number of first-team regulars together with Harry Kane, Manuel Neuer, Alphonso Davies, Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry and Joao Palhinha.
Kane’s absence was once in particular telling within the first 1/2, with the league leaders dominating ownership however not able to transform any in their 1/2 possibilities right into a objective.
Mainz boasted a better-than-expected house file in opposition to the German giants, having received 3 in their presen 4 house league video games over Bayern.
The house aspect struck in a while ahead of half-time, Lee making the most of a needful clearance from his South Korea teammate Min-Jae Kim to hammer house.
Even with the data that Leverkusen had been forward in Augsburg, Bayern got here out poorer next half-time, missing precision and effort.
Mainz quickly capitalised via Lee once more. Armindo Sieb threaded a well-dressed pass goalwards for Lee to gather ahead of devastating house at the spin.
Leroy Sane tapped in a deflected Joshua Kimmich shot within the 87th negligible to provide the league leaders hope, however Mainz held company for a well-known house win.
The end result moved Mainz, who battled relegation final season, as much as 6th.
Protecting champions Leverkusen endured their fresh resurgence, successful very easily 2-0 at Augsburg, their 7th victory in a row.
Martin Terrier put Leverkusen in entrance 14 mins in, curling the ball house along with his first contact next a good-looking low pass from Jeremie Frimpong.
Florian Wirtz added a 2nd within the fortieth negligible when he managed the ball, and offered the Augsburg defence a dummy ahead of skipping a shot around the grass and into the base nook.
– ‘Shame on the club’ –
Union Berlin drew 1-1 at house in opposition to last-placed Bochum in a recreation suspended through round 1/2 an generation next the visiting goalkeeper was once clash through an object thrown from the community.
Bochum had been decreased to ten males when Koji Miyoshi was once red-carded 13 mins in and took the manage via Ibrahima Sissoko regardless of the dearth 10 mins after.
Union levelled issues up via Benedict Hollerbach within the thirty third negligible however had been not able to hurry merit in opposition to their undermanned fighters.
With the sport in stoppage month and Union pushing, Patrick Drewes was once clash through what seemed to be a cigarette lighter, with the referee ordering the gamers off the tone.
After they returned, either side kicked the ball between themselves till the clock wound indisposed, it sounds as if in oath to not assault next the incident.
Bochum striker Philipp Hofmann, who changed Drewes between the sticks, mentioned the incident was once “a shame on an otherwise likeable club”.
In Saturday’s past due recreation, objectives from Derrick Koehn and Marvin Ducksch took Werder Bremen to a 2-0 win at St Pauli, taking them as much as 7th within the desk.
The fit was once interrupted through smoke from pyrotechnics for 10 mins in the second one 1/2.
A double from Alassane Plea and objectives from Robin Hack and Tim Kleindienst took Borussia Moenchengladbach to a 4-1 win over Holstein Kiel.
Gladbach have now misplaced simply one in every of their presen 8 league video games era Kiel, taking part in their first season within the lead flying, sits 2nd final.
AFP