Bayern Munich ousted Benjamin Pavard despite being a man for most of the second half in a three-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga on Friday in a 3-1 win over bottom side Grüther Fuerth. First-half goals from Thomas Müller and Joshua Kimmich put Bayern 2–0 ahead, before Pavard was shown a straight red card in the second half in just three minutes. Fürth midfielder Sebastian Grisbeck scored his own goal when he gave his boot to the ball just ahead of Robert Lewandowski, one match short of equaling Gerd Müller’s scoring record in 16 consecutive league games from 1969/70.
The loudest excitement of the night came when the hosts scored a late consolation goal as replacement striker Cedric Itten scored to cheer a sell-out 11,730-strong home crowd.
“It wasn’t a great performance, but we still had the game under control when we were a man down,” Bayern goal-scorer Kimmich told DAZN.
The result leaves Bayern clear on the table but nearest rivals Wolfsburg could close the gap with a win at Hoffenheim on Saturday.
Feuerth counts former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as one of his most famous admirers and head coach Stephen Leitel called for “courage” against Bayern, who beat Bochum, who struggled last weekend, 7-0. Was.
The home defense was breached after only ten minutes at Fürth’s Sportpark Röhnehof when Bayern attacked with momentum on the left bank.
Alfonso Davies, who started on the left wing while Kingsley Coman underwent heart surgery, whipped into a cross and Muller hit the back of the net when his shot went into the post from the edge of the field.
Kimmich scored the second with half an hour of play when the central midfielder was given enough time to curl his shot inside the post and around the outstretched arm of Feuerth’s goalkeeper Sasha Burchart.
Bayern spent most of the opening period of camp in the furth half as Leon Goretzka, Dayot Upmecano and Lewandowski, who cut the crossbar, all moved close.
The hosts rallied and Fürth came within a stroke of pulling back a goal just before the break when midfielder Paul Seguin was well short of defeating Manuel Neuer.
Pavard was sent off after former Bayern player Feuerth intimidated US midfielder Julian Green.
Grisbeck’s own goal in the middle of the second half sealed Bayern’s away victory when he lobbed to stop Lewandowski from going over the ball, but only managed to poke the ball over his own goal-line.
Fürth’s consolation goal came when Itten led the cross within three minutes from the final whistle.
Lewandowski just missed out on equaling another Gerd Müller record, breaking the Bayern legend’s 40-goal milestone in a single season, when the Poland striker finished 2020/21 with another.
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