{"id":101160,"date":"2015-03-23T04:50:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T04:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=101160"},"modified":"2015-03-23T05:40:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T05:40:36","slug":"leaders-bayern-stunned-at-home-by-monchengladbach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/leaders-bayern-stunned-at-home-by-monchengladbach\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders Bayern stunned at home by Monchengladbach"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bayern Munich suffered a first home defeat in 11 months as two mistakes from goalkeeper Manuel Neuer helped Borussia Monchengladbach to a 2-0 win at the Allianz Arena.<\/p>\n
Neuer, nominated for the Ballon d’Or in January, allowed shots from Raffael to slip past him either side of half-time.<\/p>\n
A disappointing day for Bayern was compounded as Arjen Robben was ruled out for “several weeks” through injury.<\/p>\n
The winger tore an abdominal muscle and was forced off after 24 minutes.<\/p>\n
Robben will miss Bayern’s next game – the 4 April meeting with Borussia Dortmund following the international break – and is a doubt for the Champions League quarter-final first leg against Porto on 15 April.<\/p>\n
Despite the defeat, Bayern are 10 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n
Nearest challengers Wolfsburg could only draw at Mainz earlier in the day, while Monchengladbach moved up to third.<\/p>\n
Defeat was Bayern’s first at home since being humbled 4-0 in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final by eventual winners Real Madrid in April 2014.<\/p>\n
Pep Guardiola’s side have scored 20 goals and conceded only two in five successive wins coming into the game, but struggled to break down a disciplined Monchengladbach who made the most of their rare raids forward.<\/p>\n
Raffael’s shot on the half-hour mark should have been a routine stop for Germany international Neuer, but the ball squirmed through his fingers.<\/p>\n
After Neuer saw Andre Hahn’s shot hit the woodwork, another glaring error sealed Bayern’s fate.<\/p>\n
Christoph Kramer set up Raffael at the end of a sweeping Borussia counter-attack and the Brazilian midfielder’s shot crept beneath Neuer.<\/p>\n
Bayern Munich suffered a first home defeat in 11 months as two mistakes from goalkeeper Manuel Neuer helped Borussia Monchengladbach to a 2-0 win at the Allianz Arena. Neuer, nominated for the Ballon d’Or in January, allowed shots from Raffael to slip past him either side of half-time. A disappointing day for Bayern was compounded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":101161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3],"yoast_head":"\n