Germany: Bundesliga
★ FC Bayern⚽ L. Sané (71)
Allianz Arena 1-0
Bayern München left it late to beat Arminia Bielefeld narrowly at Allianz Arena.
Leroy Sané scored the winner in the second half to lift Bayern München to a 1-0 victory over Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga this evening.
In a very one-sided match, Bayern dominated possession and shots from start to finish, but struggled to take the lead.
Thomas Müller did come close to open the scoring in the seventh minute, but his header was cleared off the line by Andrés Andrade.
Four minutes later, Leroy Sané sent a thunderous shot towards Stefan Ortega, but the ball was pushed out for a corner by the Bielefeld goalkeeper, who did what he could to keep a clean sheet.
But Bayern kept creating opportunities and were eventually rewarded for their persistence with 71 minutes on the clock as Leroy Sané’s smashed the ball past Ortega from outside the box.
With their win, Bayern stay one point clear of second-placed Borussia Dortmund ahead of next week’s top-of-the-table clash between the two sides.
FC Bayern
(4-2-3-1)
1
Manuel Neuer (C)
5
Benjamin Pavard
2
Dayotchanculle Upamecano
21
Lucas Hernández ↩90
19
Alphonso Davies
24
Corentin Tolisso
8
Leon Goretzka ↩56
11
Kingsley Coman
25
Thomas Müller
10
Leroy Sané ⚽ ↩71
9
Robert Lewandowski
Bench
36
Christian Früchtl
7
Serge Gnabry ↪71
40
Malik Tillman
3
Omar Richards
4
Niklas Süle ↪90
44
Josip Stanisic
17
Mickaël Cuisance
22
Marc Roca
42
Jamal Musiala ↪56
Bielefeld
(4-3-3)
1
Stefan Ortega Moreno
27
Cédric Brunner
2
Amos Pieper
4
Joakim Nilsson
30
Andres Andrade ↩78
8
Alessandro Schöpf ↩90
19
Manuel Prietl (C)
39
Sebastian Vasiliadis ↩78
20
Patrick Wimmer ↩64
9
Fabian Klos ↩78
11
Masaya Okugawa
Bench
13
Stefanos Kapino
10
Bryan Lasme ↪78
21
Robin Hack ↪64
23
Janni-Luca Serra ↪90
3
Guilherme Ramos
5
Jacob Laursen
15
Nathan De Medina ↪78
16
Fabian Kunze
22
Edimilson Fernandes ↪78
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