2007/08 Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen vs. Bayern Munich

Saturday, September 29, 2007

September 29, 2007 3:30 PM (CET)
	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	Bayern Munich	BayArena, Leverkusen Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Knut Kircher
	Kießling 28' Gekas 72' Papadopulos 72' Vidal 74' Dum 74' Sarpei 83' Bulkin 83' Friedrich 92+' Castro 93+'		Toni 40' Klose 50' Schweinsteiger 50' Lell 63' Roberto 89' Ottl 89'

Bayern Munich beat Bayer Leverkusen to remain at the top of the German league table with a goal from Italy striker Luca Toni. Michael Rensing was a last minute replacement Oliver Kahn due to the injury Kahn picked up during the warm-up.

The 1^st half saw a series of chances for both side which saw the eventual game winner from Bayern strker Luca Toni. The 2^nd half saw fewer scoring chances as Bayern completed the victory.

Quotes

Ottmar Hitzfeld: "Leverkusen started very well, imposed a high pace on the game and showed some excellent moves. We had a few problems organising ourselves defensively. We changed the formation and let Miro Klose play a little more detached from the midfield. In the last 15 minutes of the first half we began to control the game. In the second half we were closer to a second goal, although in the closing stages the pressure was intense again. It was a hard-fought victory – we weren’t as strong as we had been recently and we didn’t play as well on the counter-attack. This has been our hardest test so far."

Miroslav Klose: "We had a hard job of it today. Leverkusen played well and put us under a lot of pressure. I think we had some real problems in the first half."

Rudi Völler: "We saw a splendid game from both team, and we played extremely well in the first 25 minutes. We had a few scoring chances and put Bayern under a bit of pressure. But against a team as good as Bayern you have to take advantage of this kind of domination by scoring if you want to have a chance over 90 minutes. Still, I wouldn’t say this is a setback for us."

Michael Skibbe: "Bayern deserved the win because of their calmness. However, I am very satisfied with the performance of my team, they played really well."

Starting lineup & Statistics

Starting lineups
Bayer Leverkusen		Bayern Munich
#	Player	#	Player
2	Karim Haggui	3	Lúcio
5	Manuel Friedrich	6	Martin Demichelis
6	Simon Rolfes	7	Franck Ribéry
7	Tranquillo Barnetta	8	Hamit Altıntop
9	Sergej Barbarez	9	Luca Toni
10	Theofanis Gekas	15	Ze Roberto
11	Stefan Kießling	17	Mark van Bommel
15	Hans Sarpei	18	Miroslav Klose
22	Rene Adler (GK)	22	Michael Rensing (GK)
23	Arturo Vidal	23	Marcell Jansen
27	Gonzalo Castro	30	Christian Lell

Statistics
Statistic	Bayer Leverkusen	Bayern Munich
Goals	0	1
Corners	7	6
Tackles	49.82%	50.18%
Possession	52.76%	47.24%
Shots on Goal	16	18
Crosses	16	16
Offside	0	1
Fouls	13	16

Sources

"Reds edge tense top-of-the-table thriller" — Bayern Munich, September 29, 2007
"Hitzfeld: a hard-fought victory" — Bayern Munich, September 29, 2007
Mark Buckingham. "Bundesliga round-up" — Sky Sports, September 29, 2007

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