After missing an open goal against Borussia Dortmund, Sadio Mane, Bayern Munich’s winger, was left shaking his head.
The Bundesliga champions are 1-0 ahead heading into the second period at Signal Iduna Park. 30-year-old was given the perfect chance to double the visitors’ lead.
Leon Goretzka, who fired Julian Nagelsmann’s side into the lead in the 33rd minute, latched onto a through ball from Joshua Kimmich as BVBAlexander Meyer, goalkeeper, raced out.
Goretzka was too slow to grab the pass and Goretzka won the ball. He cleverly cushioned the ball back to Mane, ten yards away.
The former is however. LiverpoolThe winger’s header in the 49th minutes was a mistake as he sent it wide of the goalpost.
After failing to reach the goal with no Dortmund player, the Senegalese star was stunned.
This proved costly for Dortmund, who came back from being two goals behind to salvage a point at death.
It looked as though Leroy Sane had spared Mane’s blushes when he put BayernFour minutes later, it was 2-0.
Just like Goretzka’s opener, SaneAs his shot was fired into the bottom left corner, he took aim from faraway.
Ex-Manchester City man has had a great season, contributing nine goals and three assists to 14 matches.
He is Bayern’s top scorer this campaign with the 26-year-old enjoying arguably his best football since returning to Germany in 2020.
Dortmund pulled the goal back in the second half through Youssoufa Mukoko, a teenage starlet.
Manuel Neuer’s outstretched arms were shaken when the 17-year-old hit the ball with a fiercely struck shot from mid-box.
He became the youngest ever goal scorer in a Bundesliga match between the two sides.
Dortmund tried to score a late equaliser but they were rewarded in the 95th minute when Anthony Modeste, who was only six yards away, scored.
The former Blackburn striker got on the end of Nico Schlotterbeck’s whipped in cross in what turned out to be the last kick of the game.
Bayern would have been at the top of the table if they had won, but Union Berlin is still second.
As for Dortmund, they are up to fourth – level on points with Bayern but behind on goal difference.
