Omar Marmoush Double Denies Bayern Munich Outright Bundesliga Prime Spot

Egyptian ahead Omar Marmoush scored twice, together with an injury-time equaliser to safe a 3-3 draw for Eintracht Frankfurt and deny Bayern Munich a two-point cushion on the prime of the Bundesliga on Sunday. Marmoush’s strike sparked wild scenes in Frankfurt, who guarantee Bayern go into the worldwide break forward of RB Leipzig solely on objective distinction after the Red Bull outfit received 1-0 at Heidenheim earlier. Bayern had been closing out a 3-2 win however Marmoush raced clear within the fourth of six further minutes and the 25-year-old punished slack Bayern defending to settle a thriller.

Frankfurt are actually on 13 factors, solely some extent behind the joint leaders, and stretch their unbeaten run to seven video games in all competitions beneath coach Dino Toppmoeller.

Bayern central defender Min-Jae Kim scored the opener after Thomas Mueller confirmed nice consciousness to roll the ball again to the Korean from a nook, permitting the defender to fireside into the roof of the web.

It was solely Kim’s second objective as a Bayern participant, however Bayern had been undone by Frankfurt’s first significant assault of the sport, approaching the counter-attack and utterly towards the run of play.

Ansgar Knauff made it, sliding the ball by Aleksandar Pavlovic’s legs to seek out Marmoush, whose first contact acquired him away from the chasing Joshua Kimmich and he shot previous Manuel Neuer together with his second.

Thirteen minutes later, Frankfurt had flipped the sport on its head to take a 2-1 lead. Marmoush turned supplier, selecting out Hugo Ekitike, with the Frenchman doing the remainder with a medical end.

Marmoush is the Bundesliga’s prime scorer this season with eight targets in six video games, three greater than Bayern’s Harry Kane.

Olise’s sturdy begin

But Frankfurt’s lead lasted solely three minutes. Dayot Upamecano stabbed the ball in after Serge Gnabry had stretched the Frankfurt defence.

This absorbing contest lurched again Bayern’s method within the 53rd minute when Michael Olise continued his high-quality begin to life in Germany. 

The London-born Frenchman discovered the underside nook from the sting of the field after Kane had flicked Raphael Guerreiro‘s go into Olise’s path, earlier than Marmoush ensured a share of the factors.

Mueller mentioned Bayern ought to have received.

“We would probably win 13 out of 15 such games,” he mentioned. “It was a pleasure to see how we tied down the opponent, because we had a lot of chances to score.”

Earlier, Leipzig had out their noses in entrance on the prime of the desk with victory in Heidenheim. Ikoma Openda scored the one objective and the Belgian spoke of the workforce’s togetherness after a fourth straight clear sheet within the league.

“We are really strong together. Our objective is to be strong, to be like a family, like a team, and to show it on the pitch. That’s what we’ve shown since the start of the season,” Openda advised DAZN.

Heidenheim got here into the sport eighth place and annoyed Leipzig for lengthy intervals.

It was solely on the finish of the half that Heidenheim goalkeeper Kevin Mueller was referred to as into motion to disclaim Xavi Simons, who breached the hosts’ defence however didn’t make a correct connection, with the on-rushing Mueller smothering.

But Leipzig discovered one other gear simply earlier than the hour mark, slicing by the Heidenheim defence. 

The 19-year-old Norwegian Antonio Nusa was the architect, recognizing Openda’s run with an ideal go which Openda took in his stride earlier than firing in on the close to publish.

Openda, who additionally scored the winner when these groups met in April, struck the publish a few minutes from time and Leipzig needed to survive some late Heidenheim strain to safe the factors.

In the ultimate Bundesliga recreation earlier than the worldwide break, lowly Stuttgart substitute Ermedin Demirovic scored a a centesimal minute equaliser to disclaim Hoffenheim — however the dropped factors hold Stuttgart out of the highest six.

French defender Valentin Gendrey had given Hoffenheim the lead within the closing minute of the primary half however the guests could not dangle on for a much-needed three factors, with Demirovic’s late penalty saved however the Bosnian scored on the rebound.

Reigning champions Bayer Leverkusen blew a two-goal lead to attract 2-2 with Holstein Kiel on Saturday and lie fifth.

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