0:08 · Augsburg Fellhauer 1–0 Neuer's attempted clearance intercepted. Fastest goal in Bundesliga history | 55' · Bayern Saibari 1–1 Kane lays it off outside the box, low finish | 64' · Augsburg Ribeiro 2–1 Through ball, Brackelmann shot, Neuer parries, tap-in | 80' · Bayern Brown 2–2 Kane frees himself on the left, squares for the substitute |
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| 01 The Big Take |
| Our preview said Augsburg wouldn't build a wall. They built one. And Bayern went back to the problem Issue 01 was about. |
| Augsburg had 34% of the ball in the first half and made 15 clearances to Bayern's 7. Match reports describe them sitting deep and compact, defending and then breaking. That is exactly what we said they wouldn't do. We got that wrong, and we'd rather say so. |
| What followed looked a lot like Schalke. Bayern had the ball and the territory, Kane hit the bar from five metres, and Finn Dahmen kept saving. The difference from Schalke is that the opponent scored twice. One came from the worst possible start, and the other came from the one thing we did get right: a ball played in behind Bayern's defence. |
| Bayern don't lose control of games like this. They lose them in a handful of moments, and today Augsburg owned most of those moments. |
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| No post-match quotes or full-match statistics had been published when we wrote this. First-half figures come from VAVEL's live match centre. |
| 02 The Tactical Take |
| How the game actually went |
| Augsburg changed more than expected |
| Manuel Baum made four changes. Marius Wolf was ill, so Young-Woo Seol made his first start at wing-back. Juma Bah started in the back three for the injured Noahkai Banks. Gregoritsch, the striker we called Augsburg's main threat, started on the bench, with Arijon Ibrahimović and Rodrigo Ribeiro in front. |
| Bayern's first half: lots of the ball, little in the box |
| Bayern had 66% of the ball and 226 passes in Augsburg's half, against 48 the other way. But only three of their 11 shots were on target. Augsburg made 16 tackles to Bayern's 6 and won more duels, 27 to 17. It is the deep-block pattern again: Bayern can reach the edge of the box, but not get through it. |
| What changed after half-time |
| Both Bayern goals came through Harry Kane, but not by him shooting. For the first, he laid the ball off outside the box for Saibari. For the second, he got free on the left side of the box and squared it for Nathaniel Brown, who had come on at 70 minutes. That is the Issue 01 idea again: the goal came from the side of the box, not straight through the middle. |
| Three goals ruled out |
| Bayern had three goals disallowed for offside: Díaz's scissor-kick from a free kick, a Gnabry finish, and a Díaz back-heel. Reports also mention a late stoppage-time effort ruled out by VAR. Gnabry hit the post as well. Four or five tight margins went against Bayern in one afternoon. |
| Reports disagree on minor details, including which Bayern player was offside for the first disallowed goal. We've kept to the details that sources agree on. |
| 03 The Numbers |
First half: Bayern had the ball, not the goals ■ Augsburg ■ Bayern |
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8 sec The fastest goal in Bundesliga history, according to Opta. The previous record, 9 seconds, was shared by Kevin Volland (against Bayern, 2015) and Karim Bellarabi. |
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3 Bayern goals ruled out for offside. Plus a post from Gnabry and the bar from Kane. |
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2 Assists for Harry Kane, who didn't score. He dropped and created rather than finished. |
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2 pts Bayern's gap to Dortmund at the top, with Bayern second. Freiburg can move above Bayern if they beat Schalke on Sunday. |
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| 04 Our Preview, Marked |
Holding ourselves to account What we got right, and what we got wrong Wrong "Augsburg won't sit deep." They did, at least in the first half, with a third of the ball. Our headline call was wrong. We also expected Gregoritsch to start; he came off the bench. Right "Watch who covers behind the full-backs. That's where January was lost." Augsburg's second goal came from a through ball behind Bayern's defence. "The flanks decide it." Bayern's equaliser came from Kane on the left side of the box. Saibari at No. 10. He started and scored. What we'll do differently Line-ups shape the game. Augsburg made four changes, and that probably changed how they set up. Next time we'll be clearer about which calls depend on the expected XI. |
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| 05 The Counterargument |
| Maybe this was just a bad day, not a pattern |
| — Take away Neuer and it's a win. One goal came straight from his first touch, and the other from a shot he parried back into play. Take those two moments out and the scoreline reads 0–2 to Bayern. |
| — The offside flags were fine margins. Three disallowed goals and two hits on the woodwork. On another afternoon, half of those go in. |
| — Augsburg are good. They started the day fourth, they beat Bayern in January, and they had just put four past Frankfurt. Dropping points away to them is not a crisis. |
| 06 What It Means |
| Three things to carry into the week |
1 | The Neuer conversation starts now. He was at fault for one goal and involved in the other. Expect the questions to be loud before Tuesday. |
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2 | Deep blocks are still the test. Against Schalke, Union and now Augsburg, Bayern scored when they went wide or got in behind, and struggled when they didn't. |
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3 | Olise's away league drought goes on. No goal again. He has now played three away Bundesliga games this season without scoring. |
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| Bayern's away league unbeaten run stays alive at 29 games, but the draw cost them the chance to go top. |
The B90 Question Was today about Neuer's mistakes, or about Bayern failing to break a deep block again? Tell us on X @Beyond90Bayern. We'll pick up the best answers in the Viking preview. |
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| Sources: VAVEL: live match centre and first-half stats · Goal: match report · Bulinews: match report · AP: the 8-second record · Fussballdaten: report and line-ups · t-online: report and table · Results and fixtures: GoalIQ |
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