Eintracht Frankfurt pulverised Bayern Munich 5-1 with a sensational three-goal first-half performance to snap the champions’ unbeaten run in the Bundesliga this season. In an explosive first half, Eintracht completely overran Bayern and exposed their error-prone backline, scoring three times in 24 minutes.
Omar Marmoush opened their account in the 12th minute, drilling in the rebound after Fares Chaibi had hit the crossbar following a miskick from Bayern’s Noussair Mazraoui. After yet more slapdash defending from Bayern, Éric Dina Ebimbe doubled their lead in the 31st minute and Hugo Larsson made it 3-0 five minutes later, benefiting from a Joshua Kimmich error. Kimmich made amends just before the break with a powerful shot from 20 yards to cut the deficit but it did not stop the home side.
Eintracht put the ball in the net again, five minutes after the restart, to make it 4-1, outplaying Bayern with another textbook quick break and with Ebimbe beating Manuel Neuer for his second goal of the afternoon. Ansgar Knauff then slotted in to make it 5-1 on the hour as Frankfurt became the first team in 48 years to score five goals in one hour against Bayern in the Bundesliga since their own 6-0 win in 1975.
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“There is no need for an explanation,” said Bayern’s midfielder Thomas Müller. “We have to congratulate Frankfurt who deserved the win. They took the fight out of us in that first half hour. When you lose 5-1 then a reaction has to follow. We won’t lose our heads now. We don’t have enough time but we will bounce back. We need to up a level and reach our limits.”
Bayern, who have a game in hand after last week’s game against Union Berlin was postponed due to snow, remain in second place on 32 points, with the leaders, Bayer Leverkusen, on 35, travelling to third-placed VfB Stuttgart, who have 30 points, on Sunday.
Later, RB Leipzig beat 10-man Borussia Dortmund 3-2 to tighten their grip on fourth place and put a further dent in their opponents’ title hopes.
It started badly for the hosts with Mats Hummels sent off for a last-man foul at the edge of the box in the 15th minute, matching the club’s earliest ever dismissal in the league, then a Ramy Bensebaini own goal put the visitors in front just after the half-hour.
Dortmund, who have now won one of their last six league games, equalised with the last kick of the first half when Niklas Suele volleyed in from the far post. But with Leipzig on constant attack after the break it was only a matter of time until they scored again and they did it with Christoph Baumgartner in the 54th.
With Dortmund taking risks in search of an equaliser, Leipzig launched a counterattack and Yussuf Poulsen rifled in before Niclas Füllkrug scored deep in stoppage time for some last-gasp drama. Leipzig are fourth on 29 points and now have a four-point lead over Dortmund in fifth place.
A stunning goal from Real Betis’s Aitor Ruibal cancelled out Jude Bellingham’s strike for Real Madrid early in the second half to earn the home side a 1-1 draw in La Liga. Real Madrid remain top of the table with 39 points, one ahead of Girona, who visit third-placed Barcelona on Sunday.
Bellingham gave the visitors the lead with a fine low finish after Brahim Díaz’s brilliant chipped pass on the edge of the box eight minutes after half-time. The English midfielder reached 15 goals in 17 games across all competitions this season.
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Betis bounced back in the 66th minute when Ruibal equalised with a long-range rocket into the far corner after a pass from Willian José on a fast break and Isco went almost won it for the home side with a late header that hit a post.
In Italy, Atalanta snatched a 3-2 victory at home to Milan thanks to a back-heel flick in added time from Luis Muriel after a double from Ademola Lookman. Muriel struck in the 95th minute after the Milan defender Davide Calabria had been dismissed for a second booking two minutes earlier.
“These plays are born in the moment. You don’t think about it, because even if you practise it you never know when an opportunity like that might happen,” Muriel said. “It was a beautiful finale because we managed to take the lead and finally win.”
Milan, for whom Olivier Giroud and Christian Pulisic scored equalisers, remain third on 29 points, seven points adrift of the leaders, Juventus, who beat visiting champions Napoli 1-0 on Friday, and six behind Internazionale, who were hosting Udinese in the late game. Atalanta are seventh on 23.
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