Bayern lost in Mönchengladbach and may lose the lead in the German league

Mönchengladbach v Bayern Munich 21st round match of the German soccer league, February 18, 2023. Goalkeeper Yann Sommer (center) of Bayern makes a save.

Berlin – The players of Bayern Munich lost 2:3 in the German league in Mönchengladbach, where they played without the suspended Upamecan from the 8th minute, and they may lose first place. After the 21st round, they can be replaced at the top of the table by Union Berlin, which plays against Schalke on Sunday. Leipzig won 3:0 in Wolfsburg, in whose jersey the 18-year-old Czech midfielder Lukáš Ambros made his debut. Stuttgart beat Cologne 3-0 to claim their first win of the year.

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Bayern lost for only the second time this Bundesliga season and confirmed their lack of success against Mönchengladbach. He could not beat him in the last five matches, of which he did not score four times.

Upamecano illegally stopped Pléu from escaping at the beginning of the match, for which he received a red card. The weakened guests soon conceded after Stindl's precise shot from the edge of the box.

Bayern managed to equalize in the first half, Davies found Choupo-Moting in the box, who beat Omlin with a shot from the first. The home team took the lead again in the 55th minute thanks to Hofmann. In the end, Sommer cashed in for the third time. The Swiss goalkeeper, who came to Bayern from Mönchengladbach in January, was not enough for Thuram's shot. Mönchengladbach beat Bayern for the sixth time since the 2017/18 season, which no other team has managed.

Freiburg also had a numerical advantage, winning 2-0 in Bochum and remaining in fourth place. At the end of the first half, Gregoritsch scored after a corner kick. After the break, Höler increased with a precise header. Bochum played from the 64th minute in ten after Losilla's red card.

Leipzig made amends for the loss to Union Berlin from the previous round with a clear victory over Wolfsburg. In the 74th minute, Ambros came on the field and scored his first Bundesliga start since his transfer from Slavia Prague in 2020.

Stuttgart won after six matches, they managed Cologne clearly thanks to a goal by Gil Dias, who scored for the first time after recently arriving from Benfica Lisbon.

Results of the 21st round of the German Football League

Bochum – Freiburg 0:2 (39. Gregoritsch, 51. Höler), Mönchengladbach – Bayern Munich 3:2 (13. Stindl, 55. Hofmann, 84. Thuram – 35. Choupo-Moting, 90.+3 Tel), Stuttgart – Cologne 3:0 (9. Gil Dias, 59. Sosa, 74. Coulibaly), Wolfsburg – Leipzig 0:3 (14. Forsberg, 85. Laimer , 90.+2 Szoboszlai),

18:30 Eintracht Frankfurt – Bremen.

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