For matchday 23 of the ongoing Bundesliga season, Bayern Munich welcomed the team with the second-worst defensive record in the league, Eintracht Frankfurt, to the Allianz Arena.
With an early strike from Aleksandar Pavlovic and a goal on either side of half time from Harry Kane, the match seemingly developed as scripted with the home team leading 3-0 after 68 minutes.
However, the visitors almost produced an unexpected comeback. In the 63rd minute, before Harry Kane scored Bayern’s third goal, Frankfurt signalled their intent and came close to halving the deficit when substitute striker Jonathan Burkardt struck the post from close range.
In the 77th minute, Burkardt went one better by converting a penalty before another substitute, Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga, punished a sloppy Bayern defense with a second goal four minutes before the end of regulation time. Let’s take a look at some worrying takeaways from a match in which Die Roten had to surprisingly cling on in added time after leading 3-0 earlier on.