“I think that Kimmich lets himself fall”
FC Bayern only played a draw for the third time in a row in the Bundesliga. One scene still causes excitement after the game. A supposed foul on Joshua Kimmich, which is why Stuttgart is denied a goal.
NNot once did Manuel Neuer complain. The images viewed by the video referee were probably too clear. In added time, referee Christian Dingert awarded VfB Stuttgart a penalty. Serhou Guirassy slammed the penalty kick into the corner to make it 2-2. It was the last action of the game, FC Bayern only played a draw again. It was the third draw in the Bundesliga for Munich, so Julian Nagelmann’s team only got three out of a possible nine points. Not enough for the claim of the record champion.
The 1-1 draw in the home game against Gladbach, in which Bayern kept failing due to the outstanding goalkeeper Yann Sommer, was followed by a 1-1 draw at Union Berlin. Now the 2:2 against Stuttgart. It was a result with which the Munich team were actually well served. Because the guests were denied a supposedly clear goal.
Foul or swallow – Joshua Kimmich is criticized after the draw against Stuttgart
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The excitement in the 51st minute: Joshua Kimmich carelessly dribbled the ball in his own penalty area. Stuttgart’s Chris Führich kissed the national player the ball and touched Kimmich lightly on the arm. Führich put the ball across to Guirassy, who pushed it into the goal to make it supposedly 1-1. But Kimmich got on his knees after the minimal contact and complained about foul play.
Dingert looked at the scene again on the edge of the field on the monitor and took the goal back. Much to the displeasure of the people of Stuttgart. “The decision is wrong, it wasn’t a foul,” said Stuttgart’s sports director Sven Mislintat on Sky. His coach was even clearer in assessing the controversial scene. “It was a short pulling movement that can never generate such a force. I think Kimmich lets himself fall,” Pellegrino Matarazzo.
“I have a nice tie today”
Bayern’s Thomas Müller naturally saw the scene a little differently, but didn’t want to speak of a crystal-clear foul either. It wasn’t much. I don’t have to defend the whistle that helped us. I have other worries right now. It’s definitely a foul, it’s called immediately in midfield,” said Müller.
Thomas Müller (right) in conversation with Manuel Neuer – after the draw, Müller spoke plainly
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Former referee Thorsten Kinnhöfer doesn’t see it that way. “For me, this jersey pluck is not a foul. Just because Kimmich stops and kneels doesn’t necessarily mean that a whistle has to be blown. Would there be a penalty for holding in return? No, because then we have a penalty at almost every corner, ”said Kinnhöfer to the picture.
After the third draw in a row, Müller was really pissed off. The 2014 world champion didn’t want to dwell on the controversial foul whistle and criticized his team’s attitude: “Today I’m angry for the first time this season. Mad at ourselves. You have to push yourself to the limit for the last ten minutes as well. We’re not top of the table yet and we have to ask ourselves how bilious we are. I have a nice tie today.”
