Bayern Munich midfielder Joshua Kimmich He said his side needed to question their mindset as they lost 4-2 in Bundesliga Minoj Bochum ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League clash with Red Bull Salzburg. Bayern scored four goals in a Bundesliga match for the first time since 1975 as promoted side Bochum scored a resounding victory, stunning the perennial champions. “It was our worst performance of the season. We need to ask ourselves if this is the mindset of Bayern Munich,” a disappointed Kimmich told Sky.
“Luckily it happened this time in a Bundesliga match, but we have a Champions League game on Wednesday,” he said.
Bayern had not lost to Bochum before this game since 2004, and were beaten 7–0 when the two teams last met in September.
When Robert Lewandowski opened for Bayern on nine minutes, it looked like it would be a normal afternoon for the perennial champions.
But Bochum quickly equalized through Christopher Antwi-Adjey, before taking control in a frenzy 10 minutes before the break.
Juergen Locadia gave the hosts the lead from the penalty spot after a Dayot Upamecano handball, and a shaky Bayern collapse under pressure.
Cristian Gamboa struck the ball into the top corner from the edge of the field two minutes later, before Holtmann curled in another brilliant long-distance effort at the stroke of half-time.
Lewandowski took a goal back in the second half, but it did little to avoid Bayern’s fourth league loss of the season.
After a week in which German football was discussing the idea of a new play-off format to counter Bayern’s relentless dominance, recently promoted Bochum offered a brutal reminder that champions are not unbeatable.
Yet Bayern are nine points clear of topping the table overnight, ahead of Union Berlin’s visit to Borussia Dortmund on Sunday.
furth grab rare win
Elsewhere, struggling giants Wolfsburg and Borussia Moenchengladbach both pulled away from the relegation zone with timely victories.
Wolfsburg defeated former coach Oliver Glasner in a 2–0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt, a Max Krauss penalty and a late goal from Dodi Lubacchio to give them their second consecutive win.
Manu Kohn and Jonas Hoffmann gave Gladbach a comfortable lead before Iago pulled back a goal for fellow strugglers Augsburg.
Remi Bensbaini restored a two-goal lead before Alfred Finnbogasson snatched a late consolation goal.
Bottom club Grüther Fürth gave themselves hope in the fight for relegation with their third win of the season against Hertha Berlin.
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Branimir Hergotá opened the scoring after just 27 seconds and Hertha’s Linus Gechter doubled the lead with a second-half penalty before Linus Gechter scored his first Bundesliga goal late.
Freiburg moved Union Berlin into sixth place with a 1–1 draw at home to Mainz, with substitute Nils Petersen canceling Alexander Hack’s first-half opener.
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