"Vincent Kompany had warned after their completion of a record-pace Hinrunde of the Bundesliga season that Bayern would have to start completely from scratch for the campaign's second half. The message clearly got across. Poor RB Leipzig could not have known that his players would interpret that quite so literally. On Wednesday Bayern had done the job in Koln; on Saturday in Leipzig, they gave the full manifestation of their brilliance as the evening went on."
"Yet having gone into the break a goal down for the first time this season, Bayern were full of second-half hunger. The equaliser, Serge Gnabry's 100th goal for the club, came after Christoph Baumgartner was pressed actually, less pressed than swamped by a trio of Bayern players some 35 yards from his own goal, with centre-back Dayot Upamecano the one to steal and send in Gnabry for his finish."
Vincent Kompany warned that Bayern would need to start from scratch for the second half of the Bundesliga campaign. Bayern responded emphatically, overturning a halftime deficit in Leipzig with a dominant second half. Leipzig had been superior in the first 45 minutes and created clear chances, including two missed by Antonio Nusa that contributed to Romulo's opener. Bayern's equaliser was Serge Gnabry's 100th club goal after Christoph Baumgartner was swamped and dispossessed by Dayot Upamecano, who released Gnabry. Harry Kane later put Bayern ahead, and Bayern added three goals in the final ten minutes. Michael Olise's halftime introduction and fixture congestion (three games in six days) influenced the match.
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