The Bayern Munich champion beat Cologne with a 1-0 home defeat in the 16th round and increased 9 points to the top of the Bundesliga. The guests who were last had a stronghold in defense and the Bavarians encountered serious problems in their attempt to overcome them. Only in the 60th minute Robert Lewandowski managed to score the only goal. Three minutes before the end, however, Cologne did not equalize, as the veteran Tom Starke`s masterful intervention saved the shame of the Munich. The hosts also hit a beam at 1:0.
The host coach Jupp Heynckes made some rotations, with Niklas Zuule, Sebastian Rudy, David Alabas and Cohen Toliso starting from the first minute and Mats Hummels, Joshua Kimih, Kingsley Commander, James Rodriguez, Javier Martinez and others.
This match seemed to be sure of the final winner after the champion and leader in the standings hosted the last.
The goats, who had go ne through a nightmare turn over Freiburg from 3:0 to 3:4, put a solid defense at home. They were looking for their first win since the start of the Bundesliga season, but they have not found it this time.
Expected Bavarians pushed their rival in his half, even the game was mainly in and in front of Cologne`s penalty box.
In the 13th minute Thomas Muller appeared alone against the goal keeper, but Tim Horn managed to beat his shot. Two later, Zule leaped all over the corner, but only luck saved Cologne, as his head shot flipped out. In the 38th Muller there was no chance to hit the door in a new good situation.
Imposed in attacks, the hosts for a bit to be punished in the 44th minute. Then two guest players came out against Jerome Boateng and Tom Sarke, but Lucas Clunter was wrong at the table. The end of the half came with Bayern`s crushing superiority in possession of the ball:83%:17%, and 12:3 dangers ahead of the door. Nevertheless, Hainkes realized that the game was not going, because the clean positions were rare. For this reason, he made a double shift, pushing Coman and Chames at the expense of far more defensive Vidal and Tolizo.
In the 51st minute, Lewandowski missed a position in which he usually reaches 10 out of 10. But he did nine minutes later when he finished a demonstration, started by Boateng and passed through Muller.
The goal did not change the behavior of the visitors and they continued to defend themselves. At the 66th minute, the crossbar saved them from a second hit after Commander was detected. By the end, it was more than boring, but the sure win could have escaped in the 87th minute when Clintner managed to shoot strongly with his left leg and only Starke`s excellent intervention kept the score. On the weekend, Bayern staged Stuttgart in a match according hockey rules from the last autumn round, and Borussia (Dortmund) on the 20th of December was the derby of the German Cup. Cologne is the last to score 12 points from the barrage.
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