Bundesliga | Bayern Munich draw 1-1 at Cologne | Kimmich saves Bayern with late equalizer against Cologne

2023-01-25 11:08

Bundesliga | Bayern Munich draw 1-1 at Cologne | Kimmich saves Bayern with late equalizer against Cologne

Bayern Munich 's Joshua Kimmich equalized in the 90th minute to maintain a four -point lead in Tuesday 's 1-1 draw with Köln .


The German champions, chasing a record 11th league title, had possession but were nowhere near as effective as their opponents, who looked set to rely on Eryes Joris Schiri's fourth - minute draw at the far post. Shoot for three points.

But Kimmich's strike from distance took leaders Bayern, who have drawn their last two league games, to 36 points.

" We had to make changes after the second half, we dominated after the break. Two points from the last two games were too few for us, " Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann said.

The Bavarians also drew 1-1 with RB Leipzig last week.

" We had chances but we had to take advantage of at least one of them. Cologne had a lot of players defending in the last 25 minutes, " said Nagelsmann. " It's good to have 15 shots on goal but when we start scoring more than one we're happy. "

Bundesliga | Bayern Munich draw 1-1 at Cologne | Kimmich saves Bayern with late equalizer against Cologne

Cologne is sharper


Buoyed by last week 's 7-1 win over Werder Bremen, Koln were sharper and quicker on the ball throughout the first half, keeping Bayern out of their box.

The Bavarians sacked goalkeeping coach Toni Tapalovic on Monday , a close friend of injured goalkeeper Manuel Neuer , who completely dominated after the break.

Despite overwhelming traffic they couldn't find a way to score for much of the second half.

Substitute Thomas Müller had the best chance but Marvin Schwabe's header went over the bar in the 80th minute . However, the goalkeeper was beaten when Kimmich's missile flew off the crossbar in the final minute.