"Leverkusen's opening salvos on Bayern's goal went unrewarded thanks to sharp and brave goalkeeping from Bayern's Ena Mahmutovic, and the Bavarians opened the game up on the other side through a brilliant turn-and-square from Jovana Damnjanović near the edge of the box and an equally brilliant long-distance hit from the on-rushing Franziska Kett. Bayern could not capitalize though, despite a penalty - won by Pernille Harder after a lung-busting run from Kett to track down a pass over the top - and ended the half 1-0."
"Unfortunately, for all of Leverkusen's positive spirit this was a match defined by penalties - particularly Bayern's second, which the announcer in the DAZN broadcast characterized succinctly (quote going off memory) as "never a penalty, not even a foul and if it was a foul, it wasn't even in the box." That was the back-breaker in more ways than one. Bayern had a bad run of penalties; Leverkusen keeper __ had already saved one, and the Bavarians were down yet another switch of taker. But Momoko Tanikawa stepped up to blast her shot with serious conviction into the top corner, a double-exclamation mark move of a spot kick and punctuating the win."
Bayern Munich prevailed 3-0 over Bayer Leverkusen in the final Frauen-Bundesliga match of the calendar year. Leverkusen started strongly and forced important saves from Bayern goalkeeper Ena Mahmutovic. Bayern opened the scoring through a turn-and-square from Jovana Damnjanović and saw sustained danger from Franziska Kett. Bayern earned a first-half penalty after Pernille Harder won the spot kick following Kett's run and led 1-0 at halftime. A contentious second penalty, criticized as not a foul or for occurring outside the box, proved decisive when Momoko Tanikawa converted. Georgia Stanway added a late penalty to seal the win.
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