Berlin (AFP) – Match-winner Ramy Bensebaini admitted needing a reminder before taking the late penalty which sealed a 2-1 win for Bundesliga leaders Borussia Moenchengladbach and left ten-man Bayern Munich sixth in the table.
Defending champions Bayern now trail Gladbach by seven points after their second league loss in a week as Bensebaini scored two second-half goals to seal the hosts’ comeback win at Borussia Park.
A superb Ivan Perisic shot put Bayern ahead before Algeria international Bensebaini powered home a header on the hour mark.
He then showed nerves of steel to convert a late penalty after Javi Martinez was sent off for a second yellow card.
However, the 24-year-old Bensebaini admitted that, in the heat of the moment, he had forgotten being nominated Gladbach’s penalty taker.
“After (last Saturday’s 4-2 win against) Freiburg, we decided Breel (Embolo) wouldn’t be taking penalties anymore and it was agreed that I would take the next one, but I had forgotten,” Bensebaini told Sky.
Embolo had missed a penalty in last week’s victory.
“It was (replacement goalkeeper) Tobias Sippel who reminded me that it was down to me to take the kick.”
The left-back coolly converted the spot kick, conceded by Bayern defender Martinez, who was shown a second yellow and sent off, for a clumsy tackle on Gladbach winger Marcus Thuram.
“We’re going to do everything we can to stay top of the league. We’re going to go hard into all the games, then we’ll see,” Bensebaini added as Gladbach celebrated their ninth week in first place.
For Bayern, it was poor preparation for their attempt to become the first German club to win all six matches in the Champions League group stages when they host Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday.
– ‘It’s not nice’ –
Bayern only had themselves to blame after squandering a string of chances, six of which came in the first-half alone, just as they did in last Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat to Bayer Leverkusen.
“It annoys me to have lost the last two games when we were always the better team and created the most chances,” said interim coach Hansi Flick.
“Of course, the situation is not nice — we’re all unhappy with what we have gotten out of the last two games.”
“We clearly dominated in the first-half and missed a lot of goal chances. After going 1-0 up, we forgot to play.
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