Two of Jae-sung’s goals Coach Vincent Kompany suffered his first league defeat on Saturday as Lee led Mainz to an unexpected 2-1 victory against Bayern Munich at home. After Bayer Leverkusen’s 2-0 victory against Augsburg, Lee scored in either half against an unusually weak Bayern, who are currently only four points ahead. “The team we played against had a lot of energy and spirit, and they were ready to fight for every second.” We weren’t our best today,” Kompany remarked. “We’ll use the defeat today to build fire into the game on Friday (at home to RB Leipzig) because that’s the only way we can provide an answer.”
Kompany was unable to use a number of first team regulars due to injuries, including Joao Palhinha, Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry, Alphonso Davies, Harry Kane, and Manuel Neuer.
In the first half, when the league leaders dominated possession but failed to turn any of their half-chances into goals, Kane’s absence was most noticeable.
Having defeated Bayern in three of their last four home league games, Mainz had an unexpectedly strong home record against the German powerhouses.
Shortly before halftime, the host team scored when Lee hammered home a goal after his South Korea colleague Min-Jae Kim made a weak clearance.
Bayern was less precise and energetic after halftime, although knowing that Leverkusen had the lead in Augsburg.
Soon after, Mainz made another profit through Lee. Armindo Sieb scored on the spin after Lee collected a deft cross that he had sent goalward.
The league leaders had hope when Leroy Sane scored a deflected Joshua Kimmich goal in the 87th minute, but Mainz held fast for a historic victory at home.
Mainz, which fought relegation the previous season, rose to sixth place as a consequence.
Leverkusen, the reigning champions, won 2-0 against Augsburg with ease, their seventh straight win, continuing their remarkable comeback.
After a beautiful low cross from Jeremie, Martin Terrier gave Leverkusen the lead 14 minutes in by looping the ball home with his first touch.
By controlling the ball, selling the Augsburg defense a fake, and then skipping a shot across the grass and into the bottom corner, Florian Wirtz added a second goal in the 40th minute.
“Shame on the club.”
Last-place Bochum and Union Berlin drew 1-1 at home in a match that the crowd halted for almost 30 minutes after an object struck the visiting goalie.
Despite the deficit ten minutes later, Ibrahima Sissoko gave Bochum the lead after the referee sent off Koji Miyoshi 13 minutes in, reducing them to 10 men.
Benedict Hollerbach gave Union the equalizer in the 33rd minute, but they were unable to capitalize on their opponents’ lack of manpower.
The referee ordered the players off the field after an opponent struck Patrick Drewes with what looked like a cigarette lighter as Union was pushing and the game was in stoppage time.
Apparently agreeing not to assault after the event, both teams kicked the ball between themselves until the clock struck the end.
Philipp Hofmann, a striker for Bochum who took Drewes’ position in goal, described the event as “a shame on an otherwise likeable club.”
Werder Bremen won 2-0 against St Pauli on Saturday thanks to goals from Derrick Koehn and Marvin Ducksch, moving them up to seventh place in the standings.
For ten minutes in the second half, pyrotechnic smoke disrupted the game.
Borussia Moenchengladbach defeated Holstein Kiel 4-1 thanks to goals from Robin Hack and Tim Kleindienst, as well as a double from Alassane Plea.
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