December 09, (THEWILL) – Bayern Munich faced their first domestic defeat of the season on Saturday, in a crushing 5-1 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt. Goals from Omar Marmoush, Eric Ebimbe and Hugo Larsson, saw the home side race to a 3-0 lead within the opening 36 minutes. Joshua Kimmich managed to pull one back for Bayern before the break, but Frankfurt continued their dominance into the second half with further strikes from Ebimbe and Ansgar Knauff to inflict a thorough thrashing.
The shock result sees Bayern fall three points behind league leaders Bayer Leverkusen, who play Stuttgart on Sunday. England striker, Harry Kane, who played the full 90 minutes, was unable to add to his tally of 18 goals from 13 Bundesliga appearances this campaign – only the third time he has failed to score.
Eintracht earned their first win in four league games, returning to winning ways after their German Cup exit to third division Saarbrücken in midweek. The comprehensive scoreline will also be sweet retribution for their last heavy loss to Bayern, a 5-1 drubbing back in 2019.
With progression to the Champions League last 16 already secured, Bayern now switch focus to concluding their group stage campaign at home to Manchester United on Tuesday. The English giants must win that fixture and hope FC Copenhagen and Galatasaray draw in order to join the Bavarians in the knockout phase.
Seventh-placed Eintracht will likewise be looking ahead to European action when they travel to Scotland to play Aberdeen in the UEFA Europa Conference League on Thursday.
Jude Obafemi is a versatile senior Correspondent at THEWILL Newspapers, excelling in sourcing, researching, and delivering sports news stories for both print and digital publications.
