Bayern Munich 1-1 Frankfurt: After Bayern Munich’s draw against Eintracht Frankfurt (1-1), Matthijs de Ligt was guilty: he made a mistake with Randal Kolo Muani’s goal against. Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann also thought that De Ligt should have acted differently.
The home team remained on top. Not that it rained chances, although after an hour of football three suddenly came at the same time. Sané, Jamal Musiala and Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting all tried, but the 2-0 failed to materialize in an unexciting game of football in Munich. Out of nowhere the 1-1 fell halfway through the second half. Kolo Muani was played in, kept a cool head and passed Yann Sommer in the long corner. The Swiss had not yet had to make a rescue.
Kolo Muani equalized in the 69th minute on Saturday evening with a quick counterpunch from Frankfurt. De Ligt followed the French attacker to the penalty area, but released him when he came into the zone of fellow defender Dayot Upamecano. However, he had his eyes mainly focused on the declarant Kamada and could not see that Kolo Muani had crawled into his back. “I should have gone with him and I didn’t,” De Ligt admitted afterwards. “It was my fault.”
Nagelsmann blames De Ligt
Nagelsmann thought that De Ligt could have done more at an earlier stage. The manager said, “To start with, we can already develop much more pressure on the ball. We didn’t do that enough after the loss of the ball. We collapse immediately, there is no pressure on the ball. And Matthijs should actually secure Kolo Muani on the sidelines, but he already had a yellow card. If he didn’t have a yellow card, he probably would have committed a foul. But he should at least try to avoid turning away and pulling in.”
And just before Kolo Muani scores the equalizer when he beats Upamecano and passes goalkeeper Yann Sommer with a shot into the far corner, De Ligt should have done more, according to his trainer. “Upamecano doesn’t see him, because Kolo Muani walks in his back. If Matthijs stays with him, I don’t think we will concede the goal. We conceded the goal too easily. We lost possession in the enemy box. Then we still have enough time to defend the situation,” he concluded.
