Bayern Munich stumbled to a 1-1 draw in opposition to visiting Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday to go away them with solely a slim Bundesliga lead after being held for the third sport in a row with the identical scoreline.
The consequence left the reigning champions one level forward of second-placed Union Berlin, who now have 36 factors after beating Hertha 2-0 within the Berlin derby.
RB Leipzig are in third spot on 35 following Friday’s 2-1 win over VfB Stuttgart, with Frankfurt in fifth with 32.
Bayern, who go to Paris St Germain on Feb. 14 within the Champions League final 16, have had a turbulent few weeks.
The membership frantically looked for a substitute for injured goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and signed Yann Sommer solely a day earlier than final week’s season restart draw with RB Leipzig.
They then fired goalkeeping coach Toni Tapalovic, who can be an in depth buddy of Neuer, after which needed to reprimand winger Serge Gnabry for flying to Paris to attend a vogue occasion earlier than one more attract midweek in opposition to Cologne.
With Gnabry left on the bench on Saturday, Bayern seemed sharper than their opponents within the first half and went in entrance when Leroy Sane rifled in from a Thomas Mueller help within the thirty fourth minute.
Eintracht defended nicely within the second half however had been largely nameless till Daichi Kamada fed Randal Kolo Muani within the field and the ahead beat France staff mate Dayot Upamecano in a one-on-one to drill in a 69th-minute equaliser together with his seventh league aim this season.
“In order to win the big games you have to play the smaller games in such a way so as to have a good run,” Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann stated.
“We no longer have a lot of time until the big games in order to hit our stride. It was no special performance. There are many points we need to improve that we keep discussing such as playing faster and not always over the wings.”
The Bavarians, chasing a record-extending eleventh straight league title, had a treble likelihood to attain earlier than the equaliser however finally ran out of gasoline in opposition to fellow Champions League membership Eintracht.
Second-bottom Hertha sacked sports activities director Fredi Bobic after their derby defeat, having misplaced six of their final seven matches. They have 14 factors from 18 video games, two adrift of the protection zone.
