Bayern Munich missed the chance to regain top spot after dropping points for the second week in a row in a 1-1 draw with Union Berlin.
Union Berlin are unbeaten in 12 Bundesliga matches, since losing 4-0 to Bayern in March 2021.
FC Bayern started with customary intent as Leroy Sane had a shot charged down and Marcel Sabitzer fired wide from distance, but the first goal went the way of Union. Sheraldo Becker scored it, the Union striker meeting Christopher Trimmel’s measured free-kick with a side-footed volley into the far corner.
Becker has a league-high and career-best five goals already this Bundesliga season.
Bayern’s response was immediate, and no less impressive. After Jamal Musiala had a shot charged down, Kimmich took aim from a tight angle inside the Union area, arrowing with unerring accuracy into the bottom corner.
FC Bayern have scored in every Bundesliga game since a goalless draw with RB Leipzig on 9 Febryary 2020.
Frederik Ronnow denied Sane a certain goal with his trailing foot, while at the other end Benjamin Pavard prevented Julian Ryerson connecting at close-range with a Kevin Behrens cut-back.
Union had starved Sadio Mane of opportunites in the first half, but were almost caught out by the Senegal star’s pace after the restart. He dropped deep to combine with Alphonso Davies, before tearing into the box and pulling a shot across goal and wide. The visitors had barely threatened when substitute Jamie Leweling barreled in on goal, only to be denied by Manuel Neuer’s reflexes. Bayern returned fire with Davies, who made Rönnow work with a mishit shot on the run. The Union goalkeeper was at it again in added time, diving full stretch to beat away Mane’s flying header. Pavard fired off target from the ensuing corner as unbeaten Union took a fully deserved point off the record champions, who slip to third in the standings.
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