Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen: game thread and live blog – red card! Manuel Neuer is sent off

22′: Yellow card. Florian Wirtz is booked for Joshua Kimmich’s free kick.

19′: Substitution. Leroy Sané was replaced by Daniel Peretz.

17′: RED CARD! Manuel Neuer defeats Jeremie Frimpong on a breakaway.

12′: Dayot Upamecano is attacked by another foul from Edmond Tapsoba and a shoving match ensues.

11′: A weak defense from Dayot Upamecano, but Florian Wirtz’s unchallenged shot goes just wide of the goal.

7′: Kingsley Coman takes the first shot of the game, but it’s not a problem for Matěj Kovář.

1′: Game time, hoo!

Leroy Sané and Michael Olise will be in the starting line-up together for the first time. Konrad Laimer retained his starting place at right-back despite being beaten 1-1 by Jamie Gittens in Dortmund’s game.

In his short but successful tenure as Bayer Leverkusen coach, Xabi Alonso has never lost against his former club Bayern Munich. His counterpart Vincent Kompany has never caused a German club to lose in his coaching career.

Bayern have only scored multiple goals once in their last five games, but their defense has been excellent at keeping opponents off the pitch. Stuttgart is the only German club to eliminate Leverkusen this season.

Regardless of today’s result, one or two impressive series will be broken.

Forecast: Bayern Munich wins 2-1. Leon Goretzka (header) and Jamal Musiala (controversial penalty) save the day.

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Game information

Location: Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany

Time: 8:45 p.m. local time, 2:45 p.m. EST

TV/Streaming: ESPN+, Find your country

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