We did well in the first half, but didn’t execute well, we were not as confident, and did not press as offensively as we should have.
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Ribery last wore the famous red shirt in Bayern’s 7-1 drubbing of Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League in March when he came off with an inflamed ankle.
“It’s a good feeling to be back in the team”, said the Frenchman after his return to team training on Wednesday.
Andre Schubert took over Borussia Moenchengladbach after five defeats at the start of the season had been enough for coach Lucien Favre.
To make matters worse, Bayern were left shellshocked when Oscar Wendt, Lars Stindl and Fabian Johnson all scored in the space of 14 minutes to give Monchengladbach a 3-0 lead.
“Of course, we will try and find the right solutions against Bayern”, said Schubert.
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Bayern completely dominated the opening 45 minutes but found themselves frustrated by home goalkeeper Yann Sommer, while Kingsley Coman hit the post.
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“Bayern are obviously a big team, but so are Juventus and Manchester City and they are teams we could have beaten in the Champions League”, said Gladbach’s captain Granit Xhaka. “The communication with him is great and there has been no problem from the first minute”.
Bayern’s Medhi Benatia, right, gets a yellow card by the referee Felix Zwayer during the German …
Arturo Vidal and Thomas Muller set up French star Ribery for his goal, but it was too little to late.
Pellegrini’s position at City is not so watertight and not helped by the fact Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at Stoke was the third time they have been beaten in the last five matches. “It’s football, it’s a pity”.
John Brooks scored the victor for Hertha as they beat Bayer Leverkusen.
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Hertha went ahead in the seventh through Vladimir Darida, and the visitors’ task was made more hard 10 minutes later when Sebastian Boenisch was sent off for a challenge on Yanni Regaesel.
