Saturday, January 23, 2010
Werder Bremen 2-3 Bayern Munchen: Robben winning scores
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Bayern Munich moved to the top of the Bundesliga by edging a five-goal thriller at Werder Bremen to secure their sixth successive win.
Aaron Hunt put Bremen ahead in the 10th minute, but Bayern responded with goals from Thomas Muller and Ivica Olic to deservedly lead at the break.
The Bavarians missed chance after chance and were punished when Hugo Almeida levelled in the 75th minute, but Arjen Robben sealed three points for the visitors three minutes later.
Robben missed the opportunity to put Bayern ahead as early as the third minute when he hit the outside of the post after being put through with only Tim Wiese to beat.
The hosts' defence was all at sea again moments later when Olic was able to break through with only the goalkeeper to beat, but his attempted lob was touched behind by Wiese.
Bremen then went ahead with their first attack of the game in the 10th minute. An excellent display of quick passing carved open the Bayern defence and culminated in Marko Marin threading the ball into the path of Hunt, whose angled drive beat Hans-Jorg Butt inside his near post.
Bayern responded well and were deservedly level in the 25th minute when Muller kept his composure to beat Wiese after a clever dummy by Mario Gomez had allowed his strike partner to pick up Bastian Schweinsteiger's pass inside the penalty area.
Robben missed another one-on-one on the half-hour mark with Gomez then guilty of missing with just Wiese to beat.
But Bayern's persistence was rewarded in the 35th minute when Olic put the finishing touch to an excellent team move which involved Robben, Mark van Bommel and Philipp Lahm, whose cross was helped on by Gomez to Olic at the far post.
And they should have had a third just before the break when Robben lifted the ball over an open goal from 20 yards after Wiese had lost his challenge on Muller outside the penalty area and the ball had broken free.
Bayern continued with their one-way traffic in the second half, missing a hatful of chances. Robben was guilty of the worst miss in the 52nd minute when he placed his shot wide with only Bayern's substitute goalkeeper Michael Rensing to beat.
And Bayern were punished for their profligacy when Almeida equalised in the 75th minute.
Marin lifted the ball over the Bayern defence and the Portuguese forward's excellent control and volley into the far corner gave Bremen an unlikely leveller.
Daniel Van Buyten missed an open goal at the other end and it seemed as though Bayern were going to pay dearly for their wastefulness until Robben took arguably his hardest chance of the afternoon. His free-kick from near the touchline went in off the underside of the crossbar.
There was still time for Bremen to have the ball in the back of the net once again, but Marin's goal was wrongly ruled out for offside late on.
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Aaron Hunt put Bremen ahead in the 10th minute, but Bayern responded with goals from Thomas Muller and Ivica Olic to deservedly lead at the break.
The Bavarians missed chance after chance and were punished when Hugo Almeida levelled in the 75th minute, but Arjen Robben sealed three points for the visitors three minutes later.
Robben missed the opportunity to put Bayern ahead as early as the third minute when he hit the outside of the post after being put through with only Tim Wiese to beat.
The hosts' defence was all at sea again moments later when Olic was able to break through with only the goalkeeper to beat, but his attempted lob was touched behind by Wiese.
Bremen then went ahead with their first attack of the game in the 10th minute. An excellent display of quick passing carved open the Bayern defence and culminated in Marko Marin threading the ball into the path of Hunt, whose angled drive beat Hans-Jorg Butt inside his near post.
Bayern responded well and were deservedly level in the 25th minute when Muller kept his composure to beat Wiese after a clever dummy by Mario Gomez had allowed his strike partner to pick up Bastian Schweinsteiger's pass inside the penalty area.
Robben missed another one-on-one on the half-hour mark with Gomez then guilty of missing with just Wiese to beat.
But Bayern's persistence was rewarded in the 35th minute when Olic put the finishing touch to an excellent team move which involved Robben, Mark van Bommel and Philipp Lahm, whose cross was helped on by Gomez to Olic at the far post.
And they should have had a third just before the break when Robben lifted the ball over an open goal from 20 yards after Wiese had lost his challenge on Muller outside the penalty area and the ball had broken free.
Bayern continued with their one-way traffic in the second half, missing a hatful of chances. Robben was guilty of the worst miss in the 52nd minute when he placed his shot wide with only Bayern's substitute goalkeeper Michael Rensing to beat.
And Bayern were punished for their profligacy when Almeida equalised in the 75th minute.
Marin lifted the ball over the Bayern defence and the Portuguese forward's excellent control and volley into the far corner gave Bremen an unlikely leveller.
Daniel Van Buyten missed an open goal at the other end and it seemed as though Bayern were going to pay dearly for their wastefulness until Robben took arguably his hardest chance of the afternoon. His free-kick from near the touchline went in off the underside of the crossbar.
There was still time for Bremen to have the ball in the back of the net once again, but Marin's goal was wrongly ruled out for offside late on.
Source: espnstar.com
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