56th minute: Kruse heads the ball down to Gondorf, who has plenty of space. He looks up and notices that Ulreich is slightly off of his line. The scorer of the first attempts a chip to the far corner but Süle clears it away. That was a big chance for Werder and Ulreich and his side got lucky with that one.
63rd minute: Goal for Bayern, 2-1, Robert Lewandowski. The hosts go into the lead as Lewandowski rises higher than Delaney to nod home a James corner.
65th minute: Straight afterwards, Kruse and Gebre Selassie have good chances to get an equaliser. Kruse’s chip is denied by Ulreich and Gebre Selassie’s header goes just over the bar.
69th minute: Pavlenka and Moisander deny Ribery and Lewandowski. The effort that Werder have put in is slowly starting to show.
74th minute: GOAAAAAAAAL for Werder, 2-2, Niklas Süle own goal! Kruse crosses the ball into the area from a corner. Delaney jumps but misses the ball and it bounces off Niklas Süle and past Ulreich into the net.
76th minute: Goal for Bayern, 3-2, Robert Lewandowski. Just two minutes after Werder’s equaliser, Bayern take the lead again. The goal again comes from a high ball which is crossed in by Müller and converted by Lewandowski.
84th minute: Goal for Bayern, 4-2, Thomas Müller. And that is probably that. The record champions show their quality. James chips the ball over the Werder defence and Müller latches on to it and fires home.
90th minute: Full-time in Munich. Werder lose 4-2 to FC Bayern.
Summary: Despite the loss, SV Werder’s performance earned the plaudits deservedly today. Florian Kohfeldt’s side took the game to the favourites in the first half. After Gondorf’s goal to give Werder the lead, they did not sit back. FC Bayern could not get through on the floor so instead resorted to a lofted ball for the equaliser. Werder continued to play well in the second half and showed character to come back after Lewandowski scored to make it 2-1. Towards the end, Werder seemed to tire but they didn’t give up. FC Bayern’s class showed but Werder can take lots of positives from the performance into next weekend.
