England ahead Harry Kane scored as Bayern Munich claimed a slender win at Augsburg to maneuver inside a degree of Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen.
Targets from Aleksandar Pavlovic and Alphonso Davies had given Bayern a snug lead on the break.
And Kane then tapped in to revive their two-goal benefit after Ermedin Demirovic had headed in for the hosts.
Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer saved Sven Michel’s penalty however Demirovic’s spot-kick arrange a nervy finale.
On-loan Tottenham defender Eric Dier made his first begin for Thomas Tuchel’s injury-hit aspect, with Konrad Laimer, Joshua Kimmich and Dayot Upamecano amongst 9 absentees.
In the meantime, Deniz Undav scored a hat-trick as Stuttgart thrashed RB Leipzig 5-2 to tighten their grip on third spot.
Leipzig – who face Actual Madrid within the final 16 of the Champions League in February and have now misplaced their final three matches in Germany’s prime flight – sit fourth on the identical factors as Borussia Dortmund, who’ve performed a sport fewer.
Leverkusen, who’ve a sport in hand over Bayern, play Borussia Monchengladbach afterward Saturday (17:30 GMT).
Line-ups
Augsburg
Formation 4-3-1-2
- 1Dahmen
- 43MbabuBooked at 19mins
- 6Gouweleeuw
- 19Uduokhai
- 22Amaral BorduchiBooked at 69minsSubstituted forMaierat 75′minutes
- 24JensenSubstituted forEngelsat 62′minutes
- 17Jakic
- 8RexhbeçajSubstituted forPedersenat 62′minutes
- 16VargasSubstituted forMichelat 80′minutes
- 9Demirovic
- 21TietzSubstituted forBeljoat 62′minutes
Substitutes
- 2Gumny
- 3Pedersen
- 5Pfeiffer
- 7Beljo
- 10Maier
- 18Breithaupt
- 20Michel
- 27Engels
- 40Koubek
Bayern Munich
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 1NeuerBooked at 90mins
- 22GuerreiroBooked at 90mins
- 4de LigtBooked at 6mins
- 15Dier
- 19Davies
- 45PavlovicBooked at 67minsSubstituted forZvonarekat 90+7′minutes
- 8GoretzkaBooked at 90mins
- 10SanéBooked at 80minsSubstituted forChoupo-Motingat 89′minutes
- 42MusialaSubstituted forMüllerat 89′minutes
- 11ComanSubstituted forTelat 26′minutes
- 9Kane
Substitutes
- 13Choupo-Moting
- 25Müller
- 26Ulreich
- 34Zvonarek
- 39Tel
- 41Krätzig
- 44Aznou
- Referee:
- Christian Dingert
- Attendance:
- 30,660
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Match ends, FC Augsburg 2, FC Bayern München 3.
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Second Half ends, FC Augsburg 2, FC Bayern München 3.
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Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern München) is proven the yellow card.
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Substitution, FC Bayern München. Lovro Zvonarek replaces Aleksandar Pavlovic due to an damage.
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Leon Goretzka (FC Bayern München) is proven the yellow card.
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Foul by Eric Choupo-Moting (FC Bayern München).
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Kevin Mbabu (FC Augsburg) wins a free kick on the fitting wing.
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Raphaël Guerreiro (FC Bayern München) is proven the yellow card.
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Delay over. They’re able to proceed.
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Delay in match due to an damage Aleksandar Pavlovic (FC Bayern München).
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Objective! FC Augsburg 2, FC Bayern München 3. Ermedin Demirovic (FC Augsburg) converts the penalty with a proper footed shot to the underside left nook.
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Penalty conceded by Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) after a foul within the penalty space.
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Penalty FC Augsburg. Ermedin Demirovic attracts a foul within the penalty space.
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Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Foul by Jeffrey Gouweleeuw (FC Augsburg).
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Foul by Thomas Müller (FC Bayern München).
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Kristijan Jakic (FC Augsburg) wins a free kick within the defensive half.
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Substitution, FC Bayern München. Thomas Müller replaces Jamal Musiala.
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Substitution, FC Bayern München. Eric Choupo-Moting replaces Leroy Sané.
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Penalty saved. Sven Michel (FC Augsburg) left footed shot saved within the backside proper nook.