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Advantage Bayern. Bayern Munich looked on course for another annoying scoreless draw after an hour plus full of chance creation but nothing to show for it. Thankfully that wasn?t the case in the end.
The Bavarians eked out a 2-0 home win over basement boys Hertha Berlin in a game that puts them first once again in the league standings. Serge Gnabry?s diving header on 69 minutes (nice) and Kingsley Coman?s nicely taken goal on 75?, both off Joshua Kimmich?s chip assists, proved the difference on the day.
What are lineups"
Thomas Tuchel has been fielding weird starting XIs lately. Mathys Tel is still aching to get a start without getting one, and this time Leroy Sané also dropped to the bench despite his recent strong showings in attack. Instead Tuchel selects Sadio Mané and Serge Gnabry, who have each been ineffective for stretches of this season. Gnabry rewarded Tuchel with a goal, but Mané did little apart from elbowing Hertha keeper Oliver Christensen.
At least Noussair Mazraoui is starting to play more games (sorry Josip Stani?i?).
The whistles that aren?t from the referee
The home team was on the receiving end of loud jeers and whistles when the first half ended, and no one can argue that it wasn?t undeserved. Although Bayern started to move more as the half progressed, they were continuously denied the opening goal. The struggles to create chances against relegation fodder speaks volumes about t...