OLiver Kahn threw his arms back angrily in the stands and pounded on the barrier when Anthony Modeste finally managed to break the deadlock after a difficult few weeks in the BVB jersey. The former Cologne player, who had done so little since moving, shocked FC Bayern Munich with his equalizing goal to make it 2-2 (0-1) in the very last second. “Modeste, Modeste, Anthony Modeste” rang out from the Dortmund ranks, just like in FC times, and the Frenchman cheered his best BVB performance with his children on the pitch. With the unexpected comeback in the league hit, BVB messed up the at least temporary jump to the top of the table for their big rival from Munich.
“I’m here, a big club. We play in the Champions League. For me everything is positive. Of course, my move was very, very difficult. I got a lot on the cover. (…) But I have to stay positive and think about myself,” said Modeste on Sky TV and received extra praise from coach Edin Terzic: “Tony was also instrumental in the first goal. That was excellent. Not only Tony was happy, the whole team, the whole stadium begrudge him it. “
The only 17-year-old Youssoufa Moukoko (74) brought BVB back into play on a template from Modeste. Then the Frenchman was there (90+5). BVB thus averted the eighth league defeat in a row against the series champion. With goals from Leon Goretzka (33rd) and Leroy Sané (53rd), he had already looked like the sure winner. Curious: Both scorers were born in the Ruhr area, as a former Schalke player, games against Dortmund have always been special for them.
Nagelsmann: “Of course it hurts”
“In the end it’s a fair result. We didn’t push enough once. It hurts, of course, but it’s not entirely unfair,” said Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann, who was upset that Dortmund’s Jew Bellingham didn’t see the red card after Alphonso Davies was kicked in the head. “There’s not much to discuss about that. He kicks him hard in the face. That’s not yellow, that’s a red card.” Referee Deniz Aytekin had rated the action as unintentional.
Davies was taken to hospital with a suspected concussion. In addition, Matthijs de Ligt, who grabbed his thigh, had to be replaced injured. Nagelsmann spoke of adductor problems. Kingsley Coman, who saw the yellow and red card in the final minute (90th) for repeated foul play, will certainly be out in the next game. The current leaders 1. FC Union Berlin, who have to play in Stuttgart, or SC Freiburg with a win at Hertha BSC could beat both Bayern and BVB by four points on Sunday.
Kimmich not in the starting XI
Mats Hummels was fit as expected after his cold and was also in the Dortmund starting XI, but for him none of the national defenders Nico Schlotterbeck and Niklas Süle had to give way. “We decided to let all three play. You’ll see what that looks like,” said coach Edin Terzic on Sky when asked if he would play with a chain of three. So the answer only came at kick-off: BVB played with a back four, Süle, who came from Munich in the summer, played right-back.