Crazy scenes unfolded at Allianz Arena during Bayern Munich Bundesliga match with Union Berlin on Wednesday, LCSoccerHub Reports.
Bayern Munich went into the game on the back of a shock 1-0 defeat to Werder Bremen. Seven points adrift of undefeated league leaders Bayer Leverkusen, the Bavarians needed to get back to gears on the title race with a win against Union Berlin.
After a barren first-half draw, Raphael Guerrero’s second-half strike was enough to hand the Bundesliga champions a narrow 1-0 win to close the gap on Leverkusen to 4 points.
Guerrero nailed home the match-winner in the first minute of the second half. Bayern Munich continued to mount pressure in search of more goals to secure the lead but met a brink wall defense of the visitors.
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Union Berlin, on the other hand, made dangerous attacking moves trying to level the score all to no avail. A spirited and dogged drive by both sides to break the deadlock after Guerrero’s 46th-minute strike led to heated moments.
With the dragging goal deadlock, a 1-0 scoreline left both sides on their nerves.
Tempers began to flare between the players and spilled into the technical area. In the 85th minute, a mass brawl ensued between club officials and players from both benches after Union Berlin manager Nenad Bjelica clashed with Bayern Munich attacker Leroy Sane.
In a viral clip, Bjelica pushed Leroy Sane in the face on the pitchside when the latter tried to retrieve a ball that had gone out of play for throwing.
The pitchside fallout between the two led to a mass brawl between the club officials and players from both sides who rushed to the scene.
Nenad Bjelica was red-carded for his role in the fallout while Leroy Sane saw yellow.
Addressing the incident after the match, Bjelica refused to apologize to Leroy Sane but admitted his reaction was unacceptable.
Bayern Munich managed Thomas Tuchel said he would not react to the incident as he didn’t want to add fuel fire to fire.
Bayern Munich cut their point arrears to 4 points against Bayer Leverkusen as the top with the win and will hope to continue on winning ways when they take on in their next match.
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