By Daily Sports on October 7, 2018
Alassane Plea and the returning Lars Stindl scored as Borussia Mönchengladbach inflicted a second defeat of the season on defending champions Bayern Munich , putting in a clinical display to emerge 3-0 victors at the Allianz Arena.
Bayern came into this meeting without a win in their three previous games in all competitions and their visitors duly sought to take advantage of any wavering confidence in the home team.
Aggressive and quick in the tackle, Gladbach went ahead early on when Plea curled in a beautiful goal from the edge of penalty area, and they doubled their lead moments later when Stindl – making his first appearance of the season following injury – drilled in from 10 yards to punish the hosts for an uncharacteristic loose pass coming out of defence.
The second period brought the expected onslaught towards the Gladbach goal, with the guests forced to sit deep in a bid to weather the storm.
Bayern did find the net midway through the half, but Robert Lewandowski’s effort was correctly ruled out for offside. The Foals still posed a threat on the counter, though, with Plea at the heart of most of their forward forays, and he set up Florian Neuhaus for their best opportunity to seal the points, but the young midfielder fired wide with only Neuer to beat.
Niko Kovac’s men attacked until the very end but it was Gladbach who scored again when substitute Patrick Herrmann lashed in late on to seal a famous win for the visitors, leaving Bayern four points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund.
•Sourced from a KweseESPN.com report. Photo shows Monchegladbach players
Source Daily Sports
Posted October 7, 2018
You may also like...
Super Falcons to play about 10 matches before...
Nigeria may open Olympic Camp Apil 11
Pacquiao attributes Brisbane loss to cold
Mixed luck for Enyimba in Confed Cup draw...
I won’t return to ring until Dec –...
African Women Handball Championship: Nigeria Fall To Cameroon...

Usyk backs Joshua to defeat Fury
FIBA seeds D’Tigress in pot 2 for World Cup draw
Global interest peaks ahead of Okpekpe 10km race
AFN open to Ofili’s return after failed Turkey switch
Junior Aruna wins WTT Youth Contender France silver
Sporting Lagos secure NPFL return
Lookman powers Atletico into UCL semi-final
Nigerian heritage duo Obi, Williams drafted into WNBA
Ogundiran wins USTFCCCA Athlete of The Week award
Maktown Flyers unveil five signings for 2026 BAL
Golf: Team GTI wins maiden Industrial Cup in Lagos
Lookman targets UCL semi-final spot in Barca clash
Rangers International going, going . . . (63,709 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (55,033 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (52,954 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,552 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,481 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,386 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,240 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,784 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (50,974 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,479 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (47,889 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,359 views)