Three days after its surprise defeat against Werder Bremen (1-0), Bayern Munich secured the essentials, still at home, by winning against Union Berlin (1-0), and limited the gap on Bayer Leverkusen at the top of the Bundesliga. Thanks to this victory, the Munich residents have 44 points, 4 less than Bayer Leverkusen (48), undefeated leader of the Bundesliga on the evening of the 18th day (15 wins, 3 draws).
After its first three losses this season, against Leipzig in the Super Cup (3-0), at Saarbrücken (3rd division) in the round of 16 of the Cup (1-0) and at Frankfurt in the league (5-1), Bayern had showed a reaction of pride in the Bundesliga (4-0 victories in Bremen and Dortmund, 3-0 against Stuttgart). Wednesday, facing a poorly ranked Berlin team (14 points, 15th) and very low, Bayern did the bare minimum, after a more than sluggish first period.
Thomas Tuchel’s men opened the scoring through Raphael Guerreiro in the 46th minute and trembled until the end. The end of the match was marked by a clash between Nenad Bjelica and Leroy Sané, the Union Berlin coach receiving a red card and the Bayern striker a yellow card.