Bavaria remains Bundesliga leader: Kane redeems Munich with a penalty!

Bayern Munich won 1-0 against Borussia Mönchengladbach on January 11, 2025 in the Borussia Park. The decisive goal scored Harry Kane, who safely converted a penalty in the 68th minute. With this victory, Bavaria remains at the head of the Bundesliga with a lead of four points on Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

The game started with a clear dominance of the Munich, who had 80% possession in the first half, but without developing clear chances. Only Leon Goretzka and Thomas Müller could be dangerous in the first half, but both failed due to Gladbach's goalkeeper Moritz Nicolas. Gladbach did not have a single shot on the goal in this phase.

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In the second half it was Tim Kleindienst, who helped Gladbach to go to her first shot in the game, but he could not use a header chance. The penalty whistle for Bavaria followed in the 66th minute after Lukas Ullrich Michael Olise fouled in the penalty area. Harry Kane did not miss the chance and took care of the 1-0 lead.

Although Bavaria continued to control the game, Leroy Sané and Serge Gnabry gave further opportunities for the preliminary decision. Gladbach had a header chance through small service, but could no longer compensate for the game. In the final minutes, Bavaria failed to expand the lead through further counter opportunities.

After this defeat, Mönchengladbach slips to a double -digit place in the table. There are two important games for Bavaria in the next few days: on January 15, 2025, the Hoffenheim team welcomes, while Gladbach will have to compete against Wolfsburg on January 12th.

For detailed information about this game, read the reporting on Sportschau and yahoo sports .