September 02, (THEWILL) – Bayern Munich survived an early scare before snatching a dramatic late 2-1 victory away at Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday.
The reigning Bundesliga champions started slowly and fell behind to Ko Itakura’s first half header. However, a tactical adjustment from manager, Thomas Tuchel, saw Bayern grow into the game after the break. Winger, Leroy Sane, poked the visitors level and then teenage substitute, Mathys Tel, headed a late winner to secure the three points.
Bayern dominated possession early on but struggled to break down a resilient ‘Gladbach defence. The hosts took a shock lead at the half-hour mark when Itakura looped a header over Sven Ulreich from a corner. Sane hit the bar just before half-time as Bayern went in trailing at the interval.
The introduction of Serge Gnabry gave Bayern fresh impetus after the restart. Sane finally equalised on 58 minutes after being teed up by Thomas Muller. Gnabry nearly won it late on, but was denied by Gladbach keeper, Moritz Nicolas. However, Tel had the final say when he rose to head home a dramatic winner in the 87th minute.
The victory extends Bayern’s unbeaten start to the Bundesliga season to three wins from three matches. The Bavarian giants were made to work hard for the three points by a determined Gladbach, but showed their champion mentality to battle back and claim the win late on. Play in the German top flight will resume after the international break.
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