But Gladbach, in sensational form under Schubert following a five-game losing start, refused to buckle and hit the champions on the break, Raffael combining beautifully with Wendt and the Swede curling a low shot past keeper Manuel Neuer.
Advertisement
The visitors continued to pile on the pressure and almost found the opener in the 26th minute, but Robert Lewandowski was denied by Sommer, befoe Kingsley Coman rattled the woodwork with the rebound.
Bayern is always unsafe until the last second, as they showed again.
“I hope he’ll be able to train with us at the start of the new year”, Guardiola said on Friday.
In this July 16 2015 picture Bayern’s Franck Ribery from France poses during a photo shooting for the German first division Bundesliga soccer season in Munich, Germany.
The German top flight contest had been 0-0 at half time between the two clubs but Monchengladbach took control in the second half, opening the scoring after 54 minutes through Oscar Wendt.
Meanwhile, Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa came off the bench to secure Borussia Dortmund’s dramatic 2-1 win at Wolfsburg on Saturday, which trimmed Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga lead to five points.
It was only the second time Pep Guardiola’s Bayern have lost at all season after they went down 2-0 at Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League in October.
André Schubert comments on the great performance (Gladbach coach): “A huge compliment to my team”.
“It would be good for Bayern, because finding an adequate successor would be tricky”, said Lehmann. With Rafael, Drmic, Hazard and Xhaka this is a team that can hurt teams on the counter attack and while they probably wont have alot of possession here against Bayern Munich I think that this is a team worth taking a punt on.
That said, the hosts will have to up their game this week if they are to salvage anything from their clash with Bayern Munich, particularly after a 3-3 draw with Hoffenheim last time out.
“Of course, we will try and find the right solutions against Bayern”, said Schubert.
Hertha went ahead in the seventh minute after some good interplay between Per Ciljan Skjelbred and Vedad Ibisevic, who set up Vladimir Darida to score.
USA defender John Anthony Brooks sealed Hertha’s win over Leverkusen with a header from a corner in the 60th.
Advertisement
Raul Bobadilla scored Augsburg’s victor with a free kick in the 64th, shortly after Cologne forward Anthony Modeste had a penalty saved by Marwin Hitz.
