Harry Kane may very well be set for yet one more trophyless season after Bayern Munich have been brutally crushed by Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday.
Bayern trailed Leverkusen by two factors forward of the top-of-the-table conflict and the Bavarians are actually 5 behind after a one-sided contest on the BayArena.
Objectives from Josip Stanisic, Alex Grimaldo and Jeremie Frimpong sealed an enormous win for Xabi Alonso’s aspect on a irritating night for Bayern.
Kane was remoted for a lot of the match as Thomas Tuchel’s aspect created little in the way in which of clear-cut possibilities and on the again, his former Tottenham team-mate Eric Dier endured a troublesome night.
Leverkusen took the lead after 18 minutes when Stanisic, who’s on mortgage from Bayern, was left unmarked following a fast throw-in.
Grimaldo made it 2-0 5 minutes into the second half and Bayern’s distress was compounded as goalkeeper Manuel Neuer went up for a nook in added time and was left stranded as Frimpong chipped house a 3rd from distance.
Leverkusen additionally hit the woodwork twice and after the match, Alonso mentioned: “Right now it was a really disciplined efficiency from my staff. It was not straightforward however we waited for our possibilities. Possibly we didn’t have the ball an excessive amount of immediately however we needed to be dominant even with out the ball.”
“It was an important win however it’s simply three factors. Now we have to maintain going. It’s nonetheless February and we have to stay calm.”
And Tuchel mentioned: “We began effectively however then errors began creeping in. We weren’t in a position to carve out any possibilities, even later within the recreation once we had 5 or 6 attacking gamers.
“I haven’t got a proof for why we didn’t get Harry extra concerned within the recreation.”
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