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00:00We have Dan O'Hagan and Mark Schwartzer on the call.
00:05Heidenheim versus Bayern.
00:07In terms of size, there are no two clubs in the Bundesliga more different.
00:12On paper, it should be another big Bayern step towards the title.
00:16But don't forget, they did contrive to lose here 3-2 in Heidenheim a year ago.
00:23The players you see there are in the tunnel.
00:26Eric Dier, a scorer in Milan in midweek.
00:28The return today is a start of two for the well-again Alexander Pavlovich
00:33after his glandular fever.
00:37For Frank Schmidt, it's all about survival now.
00:40They are seven points from guaranteed safety.
00:43It appears for now that maybe for them the player position is the best they can hope for
00:47across the season's last five match days.
00:51Harry Kane waiting at the back of the line.
00:53He's only scored in two of his last eight-league matches.
00:55He scored a goal in Milan, of course, on Wednesday.
00:58And that's draw on the night with Inter.
01:02But here the flags are flying.
01:05And they anticipate another chance to lock horns with Germany's biggest and best.
01:0915,000 every single ticket taken.
01:20A town of only 50,000.
01:23They punch way, way above their weight.
01:29And now the players must wait.
01:31Just three home wins all season here.
01:37The division's worst home record, Heidenheim.
01:40And this will feel like a cup tie for them against Bayern today.
01:45Giants and minnows, David und Goliath.
01:57Bayern, the Bundesliga's benchmark.
01:59Heidenheim battling for their lives.
02:01We know they'll be up for the fight, but so are we, says Vincent Kompany,
02:06as Bayern look to bounce back from Wednesday's Champions League departure at Inter.
02:11The night, the dream of a home final died.
02:15Now at Easter time, all eggs are in the Bundesliga basket.
02:20At kickoff, Leverkusen six points behind Bayern in the title race.
02:35At this stage of the season, Mark Schwartzer, slips and stumbles are so expensive.
02:40They certainly are.
02:41Yeah, Heidenheim obviously have everything to play for.
02:43They need to try and turn around this really poor home form that they've had so far this season.
02:48And obviously today's a huge task against Bayern Munich,
02:51who are on course to try and, you know, regain the Bundesliga, Charles.
02:55And they'll be doing everything they possibly can to do so.
02:57And Heidenheim will just be there.
02:59They're fighting for survival and they're fighting for their lives.
03:05So match day 30 beyond today, just four more to play.
03:10It is the race for both the title and for survival in Heidenheim this afternoon.
03:15Referee in charge for this game is Frank Willenburg of Osnabrück.
03:21And in the Kölnikeller with the video assist monitors,
03:24the VAR team today is Sven Jablonski along with Arne Arnik.
03:29The last match day, both Bayern and Leverkusen drop points in draws.
03:40Bayern, their classic at 2-2 with Dortmund and Leverkusen at Union Berliner,
03:45a home gamer, a goalless draw at the Bayern Arena.
03:48So the gap's still six points, still nothing settled, nothing certain.
03:54Harry Kane starts on 23 league goals, all competitions 35 for England's captain.
04:00But they gave Leverkusen a good game here two weeks ago.
04:06Heidenheimer, a game they lost late to a Buendia goal in stoppage time.
04:11They can raise their game and give any team a test, Heidenheim.
04:16And here especially, on days like this, is when they must dig in and produce most.
04:22A welcome return as a starter for the well again, Pavlovich.
04:34Josua Kimmich, captain with Neuer and Müller, not in the team today.
04:46Patrick Meinka revered there by the fans, that choreo behind the goal for the skipper.
04:51But as Bayern start the game today, at this stage of the season, of course, for them,
04:57every single game must win.
04:59But this, Mark Schwartz, is about how they respond to that exit at Inter's hands
05:04in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
05:06Yeah, I mean, they have to respond positively, don't they?
05:08I mean, it's obviously a bit of disappointment, the final being at home,
05:11they're not going to take part in it.
05:13But now it's about getting down to the bread and butter Bundesliga.
05:16Points are up for grabs, they need to try and extend their lead at the top,
05:20put pressure on there, because with games obviously running out,
05:22they need to make sure that they maintain that pressure and that gap at the top.
05:27Well, I'm peering in here for Serlo Conte, Urbic's first test.
05:32Taken here in his 10th game for the club in all competitions there,
05:34Winter signing from second-tier Curl.
05:38There is Serlo Conte, who is the league's second quickest man ever clocked.
05:41That record set for him, he's PB at Bayern in defeat in December.
05:50Well, he's a...
05:51Pablovic.
05:54He made mark of Urbic's starters, Bayern's standing goalkeeper.
05:58Well, I think it's been a difficult one for him in terms of,
06:01I don't think he really expected to be playing as many games as he has been.
06:04So it's a real shift.
06:06First and foremost, he's young, he's come to a massive club.
06:09Obviously, Curl is a big club, but it's not the same as Bayern.
06:12Pressure expectations are different.
06:14So that's been difficult.
06:15I think sometimes you need a little bit more time to readjust,
06:18and he's just been thrown in the mix, hasn't he?
06:20Yeah, so that needs a little bit of time sometimes to adjust.
06:28And I mean, the fact that he hasn't kept a clean sheet yet
06:29in the Bundesliga for Bayern is a difficult one.
06:33Not necessarily a reflection on him,
06:35but it just states that, you know, it's tough.
06:37It is really difficult to come into a big, big club
06:39and try to hit the ground running,
06:41especially as young goal people.
06:45That's Kevin Muller.
06:46In the league games, his 300th game in goal for Heidenheim today.
06:51He's not missed a minute of their two seasons playing at this level.
06:55He and Mike are both players who've not missed a single second
06:57in the club's top-flight existence.
07:02Here's Eric Dier.
07:04From the start, no Min Jae Kim, who's been left out by Kompany today.
07:09Well, he's chasing it.
07:11Well, Muller, he was he, you know, outside the box there.
07:13He was very close.
07:14I think he did well.
07:15I think initially he felt that he had to come out of the box,
07:18clear the danger,
07:19but in the end realised he could just step back in his goal line
07:22in his eight-yard box and just take that ball without handballing.
07:26Leimer, way there by the head of Gimba for Heidenheim.
07:30Gimba again.
07:32Goes Peeringer here.
07:34Gnabry's touch.
07:36Harry Kane's presence here for Bayern.
07:38Kane, Olize.
07:39Opens up here, almost for Michael Olize.
07:42He comes back out now to Konrad Leimer for Bayern.
07:45He'll keep the pressure on.
07:52Stanisic.
07:52Bayern have dropped points on three of the last five matchdays in the Bundesliga season.
08:01Here's Kimmich with a giveaway met by Schopner.
08:05The clever Peeringer, who players have tried to all come deep to involve themselves in the general play as well,
08:09the number 18.
08:10Meinkamp.
08:20Back with Kevin Muller.
08:26After match day two, Heidenheim with the league leaders won their first two games.
08:29They've won only one of the last 25, though.
08:33Hence why they are where they are in that third-bottom place,
08:36the current relegation play-off spot.
08:40Seven points adrift of safety, which is where Zangpaoli sit in the table.
08:48Coman.
08:53Here's Eric Dier on his first Bayern goal at Inter on Wednesday night.
08:58Leimer.
08:59Is he a switch?
09:01You see it's often no way teams that are going to have a really good season.
09:05And then it's that next season.
09:06The expectations now are different.
09:07They're not necessarily about survival.
09:09It's about, OK, can you progress?
09:11Can you actually do better than you did the season before?
09:13And then all of a sudden it's the pressure and players find it difficult to deal with.
09:18Schubner lose some big players, of course, in the summer, too.
09:25Klein, Deans, Dicci and Bester all moved on to bigger clubs.
09:29It's been tough to replace that quality, that number of goals.
09:34They scored those three players 30 of their 50 league goals last season, the three I mentioned.
09:38Big players to fill it on their budget, too.
09:40Hard to do that, Mark.
09:42Yeah, because you've got to look for bargains.
09:44You've got to try and find players that not necessarily other clubs have on their radar.
09:48Bigger clubs, clubs that obviously have the upper hand when trying to recruit.
09:51It's about trying to be really, really savvy in the transfer window and that makes it really difficult.
09:56Klilsen and Lyme.
09:59Oswa Kimmich for Bayern, the national captain, today Bayern's captain, here is Stanisic.
10:07Sorry, Pavlovic.
10:08To Guerrero.
10:11Kimmich.
10:16Derek Dyer.
10:19Kickoff 18 degrees, proper spring day.
10:23Here's Harry Kane.
10:24it's interesting this time of year when the weather changes even though it might be a couple
10:48of degrees it actually has a big impact on the players because it's a sudden change in
10:52temperature and the exposure and what that takes out of you in the game look at Conte's sprint here
10:57for Heidenheim you can see the players to get him in behind whenever they can yeah there was just lack
11:04of communication there for Bayern since Dier and Kimmich I think both getting their each other's
11:08way should have been dealt with very very comfortably he has lost his speed record to
11:18Jean-Matteo Bauja of Frankfurt in the last few weeks but it's the league's second quickest man
11:25ever clocked there's Lima that's Pavlovich for Lima again the run for Olize dropped in towards Coman
11:37Olize with 10 assists the league's joint best with Florian Vietz of Leverkusen
11:44Dier's goal last weekend to level up the Klassiker it's a placating game in Munich last Saturday
11:58away here by Meinka for Heidenheim blown away by Frankfurt in their last league match on Sunday
12:05a very timid display going down 3-0 in Frankfurt last weekend here's Traore though for Heidenheim
12:11Traore as Schutner blocked away now Cormann can break away there's options here London here is Guerrero
12:23Guerrero
12:28D�per and Lepakurusen really close here a fortnight ago in that 1-0 defeat
12:35it's Gnabry
12:41Gnabry on to Michael Olize
12:45Olize Kane, lovely
12:47it's Gnabry, great chance
12:50and the flag was up anyway
12:52really good movement there
12:54from Bayern there, just couldn't hold
12:56himself on line there, onside
12:58Gnabry, you can see there, just strays
13:00offside, but initially
13:02really good, well played, good save
13:04in the end as well for Miller
13:05makes himself nice and big
13:06Gnabry's goal last weekend
13:10was really gorgeous
13:11that superb slalom run
13:13to that stage make it 2-1 against Dortmund
13:16Traore
13:19was playing in the second tier with Paderborn
13:21last season, this is first cracker
13:2328 in the top division, born in Hamburg
13:25Paderborn last season
13:28the second tier's third quickest
13:29man, his brother was the quickest
13:31playing for Braunschweig
13:33Guerrero here for Gnabry
13:43pressure by Conte
13:47Gnabry, blocked here by Jan Schöckner momentarily
13:53will be in Bayern's faces, play where Donia
13:57there was going to be a free kick given on Gnabry
13:59but the ball was with Bayern so play can go on here
14:01it's Dier, on to Leimer
14:04Molise's pass, Leimer's surge
14:09it's Conrad Leimer still, it's a terrific run by Leimer
14:12in towards Coman on the scene
14:15they just couldn't get the pass right, could he Leimer
14:19Leimer was very fortunate initially, lost the ball very easily
14:22but managed to regain it and that's where that counter comes from
14:25Dorsch, space to move into for Traore here for Heidenheim
14:30have to make their chances count today
14:35team on the third bottom
14:37it is true
14:39David Untdorliak, David and Goliath in the Bundesliga
14:42these two clubs, couldn't be more different
14:47Gnabry
14:49Bush into Schöckner
14:53Goalkeeper, Kevin Muller
15:05high one here again, they look to use that acceleration of Conte
15:08Ulbic does have it
15:14the game was too stretched for that ball over the top
15:17just wasn't enough room in the end
15:19to run in behind and Urbic does well just come out
15:22just have to be a bit careful the pitch
15:24the weather
15:25it's
15:26the pitch obviously must be still a little bit zippy
15:28I'm assuming they would have ordered the pitch before the game
15:31just to give it that extra little bit of zip
15:35this is Stanisic
15:38on to Eric Dyer
15:43Kolize
15:46Kolize Kane on the turn
15:50takes on Gimba
15:52Kain
15:54Kain
15:55back now to Josip Stanisic
15:57Pavlovich
15:59Komar
16:02Kain
16:07can they pick a way through Heidenheim here
16:08it's Stanisic again for Bayern
16:10Eric Dyer
16:12Eric Dyer
16:13to feed Michael Olyse
16:14Olyse
16:16Olyse
16:17Coman
16:18now Gnabry on the scene again for Bayern
16:19drops his shoulder
16:20loving Coman once more
16:21teams meeting for the fifth time in senior football the previous four
16:25we've seen an astonishing 26 goals for average of six and a half goals a game when these sides meet in league and cup
16:35and so a 4-2 Bayern win in the home match back in December
16:38here's Harry Kane
16:39Kane's shot
16:41it's blistering from Harry Kane
16:43one chance one shot
16:451-0 Bayern
16:461-2 Bayern win in the home match back in December
16:50here's Harry Kane
16:51Kane's shot
16:53it's blistering from Harry Kane
16:56one chance
16:57one shot
16:581-0 Bayern
16:59Harry Kane's 24th goal of the Bundesliga season
17:02yeah great finish from Harry Kane
17:04yeah great finish from Harry Kane
17:05the ball into him was really good to his feet
17:06quick turn
17:07and he just picks his spot doesn't he
17:09looks to find that corner and just rifles it into the bottom corner
17:12very good finish from Harry Kane
17:16it's all about the movement
17:17quick movement
17:19Olyse's ball into Kane
17:20he's got space
17:21on the turn
17:22there's three high-known players around him
17:25he just
17:26he knows exactly where he's aiming for
17:27it's through the legs
17:28that's it
17:29so often we see it from Harry Kane
17:31that shot
17:32the timing is perfect
17:34he waits for the defender
17:35that is conscious
17:36he knows what he's doing
17:37defender opens his legs
17:39just can't get enough on it
17:4160 games and 60 goals for Kane in the Bundesliga
17:4524 for this season
17:48and 1-0 here
17:50in the first half after what?
17:5230 minutes of play
17:53Kane on the mark
17:54for Bayern
17:59that's it
18:00driven cross
18:01all big flicks it away
18:05and the 8% scoring chance
18:07Kane
18:08with that rocket shot
18:09on the speed gun
18:101-1-9
18:12kilometers an hour
18:13that was not for saving from Harry Kane
18:15yeah
18:16yeah
18:17definitely one for the goalkeeper
18:18Kevin Muller there
18:19because he's got three defenders in front of him
18:20he probably doesn't see it until it goes through one of his defender's legs
18:22and by that time
18:23with that pace on the ball
18:25it's almost too late
18:26all he can do is get some fingertips on it
18:28but not enough to push it wide
18:29here's Guerrero
18:31Kane again
18:32Kane
18:33it's Olize
18:34Olize
18:35Olize
18:36twisting and turning
18:37and the shot put Guerrero held by Müller
18:39who is a busy man suddenly
18:40in Heidenham's goal
18:41yeah he wanted it on his left foot didn't he
18:43he tried to get around it
18:44hit the outside of his left foot
18:46but in the end it's just a
18:47quite a tame shot
18:49it's an easy one for Müller to get behind and keep hold of
18:52they've had an awful run of fixtures Heidenham
18:58they've with this game played the top three from
19:01the current season back to back
19:03they lost to Lieberkusen then that loss in Frankfurt last week
19:06now they take on the league leaders Bayern
19:08not being kindly able to fixture computer this season to FC Heidenheim
19:13in the run in
19:15well it's not kind when you are struggling for survival isn't it
19:19if you have the points of the ball beforehand
19:21it means obviously you've played with the teams before
19:23it's just the way that the end of the season ends up
19:25and as players you're often looking ahead at those fixtures
19:28and you've got to try to maneuver your way around it
19:31and thinking okay we need points at this stage
19:33and then obviously if you haven't got them
19:35that just the pressure grows so much more
19:38at the back end of the season
19:40the way to last season's runners up Stuttgart next
19:42before their last three games
19:44Borkum here in the relegation fight currently
19:47along with then a trip to Union Berlin
19:49they end up at home to Werder Bremen the last match day
19:52get the impression there last two home games
19:55going to really make or break where they finish in terms of
19:57that relegation playoff position
19:59here's Josua Kimmich
20:01Guerrero for Coman
20:05Bayern's last four league games by the way
20:07Mike at home Leipzig away
20:09Gladbach at home and then away to Hoffenheim on the last match day
20:12I mean the beauty of the playoff position
20:15that third position I mean at this stage you can see that
20:18if you've got the traditional three down three up
20:20these three teams are almost out of it
20:22there's almost nothing to play for for some of them
20:24so therefore with that playoff position it's always up for grabs
20:27and it was right to the last game of the season
20:29here's Eric Dyer
20:32here is Eric Dyer
20:36Kapovic
20:41Josua Kimmich
20:44Kimmich on to Eric Dyer here
20:48Molise
20:55Harry Kane 1660 is a new record in the Bundesliga 60 goals 60 matches
21:01they keep on coming for Harry Kane as regular as clockwork
21:07crazy stat is that he hasn't won a trophy yet
21:10not yet
21:11not yet but that's the thing you know he's got he's breaking records after records
21:14but that trophy just eludes him this season obviously is his best opportunity
21:19to win at least the Bundesliga Charlotte
21:21obviously buying off to them
21:23a great start in this game
21:24will give them another opportunity to build a gap between them and Leverkusen
21:29no team's ever lost a six point lead at this stage of the season in terms of the Meister Charlotte
21:34be a nine point gap overnight here with Leverkusen playing in Zangpauli tomorrow afternoon
21:41here's Pavlovich
21:46Pavlovich
21:47Kane
21:49little touch on on easy looks to find Gnabry
21:54Gnabry just straight and offside anyway wasn't even looking for the ball anymore
21:58at least they didn't realize that the ball and again they're looking for those quick sort of interchange passes as little flick on one touch football which when they come off it's almost impossible to play against at the moment just not quite working for them
22:10here's Conte
22:15the throw for Bayern
22:17in terms of Bayern's away form this season
22:20only Leverkusen by a single point have taken more on their travels in the current campaign
22:25lost just once away this season only by ten months in December
22:32but they have shown they can be sometimes against the smaller teams vulnerable they of course lost to Borkham at home last month three two in a really pulsating game in March
22:47they have dropped points on three of the last five match days so they're not infallible Bayern but a good start here Kane's goal the difference
22:57I think they've managed this game so far I mean Heidenheim in fairness haven't really put enough pressure on Bayern
23:07it's a game that Bayern have to be careful that they don't get too relaxed and feeling comfortable in control that's when they could come unstuck
23:14for Heidenheim there's so much still riding on the remainder of the season they need points you know they can put a little bit more pressure on Bayern here it's almost like a bit of a free hit for them
23:25there's no expectation to get a point out of this game
23:28well that came from 2-0 down to win the fixture here a year ago
23:32there's Gnabry Gnabry passes through and gets Leimer away it's Conrad Leimer for 2-0 a chance he was not going to refuse
23:41absolutely brilliant ball from Gnabry there absolutely magnificent in the path of Leimer
23:47Leimer does really well he has time just to even take a couple of touches open his body up
23:52he deceives the goalkeeper it's a nice finish really good finish really cool calm
23:57that ball from Serge Gnabry we'll have to see I think he looks he's onside by quite a long way actually
24:02that's a perfectly timed run has all the time in the world really good finish
24:09and his second league goal in Bayern colours that's for Conrad Leimer
24:13scored versus former side Leipzig in a 5-1 home win back in December and this one
24:18taken with real precision for the Austrian to double Bayern's first half money
24:24it'll be as it stands a nine-point cushion overnight at the summit
24:29that's what you need for Bayern it's about taking your opportunities
24:32because there's no doubt they're going to get opportunities in this game
24:34it's about taking them and it doesn't look like there's any hangovers from that defeat
24:39or the knocking out of the Champions League might I say midweek
24:42they've got down to business they've started this game really really well
24:48this line they clean through a well taken chance to give Bayern a two goal break
24:51water now on Heidenheim
24:54as I say they did come back from this scoreline to win 3-2 a year ago
24:57but Bayern are different teams this end and of course
25:00different season two for Heidenheim
25:02check now on the live table so as I say this would give overnight buying a buffer of nine points over Leverkusen
25:15that game at Zank Pauli tomorrow afternoon is going to be huge now for Alonso's men
25:19if they were to drop points there nine points the gap into the last four match days
25:23it is a huge gap then to try and bridge Mark
25:27yeah the thing is they've had numerous opportunities throughout the season
25:31you know and it just so happens that when either sides have dropped points
25:34certainly when Bayern have dropped points then Leverkusen generally follows suit
25:38in this game obviously at this moment in time Bayern are in real control of this game
25:43and you expect them to see this one overnight even though we're only 21 minutes into this game
25:47just the way that the game has started
25:50Bayern's control for Leverkusen they've been disappointed
25:53found themselves in opportunities to pick up points
25:55close those gaps and just haven't had it this season
25:59Stanisic at the bottom of course Heidenheim's position not improving
26:04that gap seven points to safety they are for now in the playoff spot
26:08with Borkum not too far behind Kiel as well in automatic places
26:12so they are not guaranteed 16th by any stretch they could still go down automatically
26:18from this division quite easily
26:20yeah that's what the beauty of that playoff position is
26:22that's bottom three still right in it
26:24line for Gnabry
26:26Gnabry's cross
26:28oh and somehow Harry Kane
26:31what a metre out
26:33he's human after all
26:35unbelievable chance huge chance for Harry Kane
26:38you'd expect him just to simply get his head on the end of this one
26:41I think he's just gets slightly caught
26:43doesn't he a little bit there
26:44I'm not sure he should have gone on his foot
26:47bad decision in the end
26:49that's what's cost him
26:52he's only scored 1660
26:56it should be 61
26:58big chance really big chance
27:00I think maybe the deflection
27:02caught him out a little bit that's slowed the pace of the ball down maybe a fraction
27:05and that's where he's able to not get the timing right on that header
27:12the foul here gives a free kick to Heidenheim
27:15it's a limer's goal to make it 2-0
27:16there is Franz Kretzig the unknown player from Bayern
27:19not his name at the club with that sensational pre-season goal bases Liverpool a couple of years ago which went viral
27:30the home bench looking rather crestfallen
27:33the way the game has gone so far
27:35so in the background there another Bayern loan player a Palvana on the bench this afternoon
27:39so Dorsch another ex Bayern man in their ranks on the free kick here with Kretzig
27:47in by Dorsch
27:50met by Meinke up goes Conte
27:56Bush
27:58it's too high for Meinke
27:59I'll tell you what's difficult for the goalkeeper
28:03is that the sunlight the shade and the sunlight right across that six-yard box
28:08and it's difficult when you're on your line and the ball's coming from the sun into that shade
28:12even though it's that such a small area it's so difficult to get your eyes to adjust to it
28:17limer
28:18and Michael Olize
28:22all rather tight it's been smuggled out here but only as far away is Eric Dier for Bayern
28:26all right in total charge here with only a quarter of the game gone
28:31Gnabry for Pavlovich
28:34and Conrad Lima again
28:37Olize
28:39just knocked away by Marnon Bush
28:40pass from Bayern who's just a little bit too close to the defender there
28:46believes that in the end just tried to take their first time around the defender
28:50just not enough room
28:52no question Bayern had their sights set on that fairytale final of the Champions League on their own stadium
28:58in May in the Allianz Arena but it's not to be won't happen
29:02and there's a response the wounded Bayern often the most dangerous Bayern
29:06as we're seeing so far this afternoon
29:08corner for the recordmeister
29:16in there Harry Kane is lurking
29:19very dire just behind him
29:21in goes that Bayern corner
29:24and the chance comes and goes again Harry Kane on the end of it again the header is off target
29:29wow another massive chance for Harry Kane
29:32it's a free header
29:34inside the seat just on the edge of the six-yard box
29:35just can't control it that it's just so on Harry Kane like
29:40does have the league's second highest XG behind Google Ekitike of
29:46of Antark Frankfurt this season
29:4824 league goals and all competitions in the 36 but
29:55think about a hat-trick already today
29:58yeah big chance normally you'd expect him to have already had a hat-trick the way he's prolific in front of goal
30:03just two really big misses for his level for his standards
30:06Schöpner
30:08Schöpner, Busch
30:10Contest flick towards Pierringer
30:12here's Leimer though for Bayern
30:13Olysee
30:23company applauding his team's endeavours so far
30:26as I say no team has ever lost a six-point lead to not be champions from this stage of the season
30:31see the stats so far already marked five blind shots for Hyden and nothing after 25 minutes
30:41yes and it is a complete dominance at the moment of possession
30:46dictating play chances created
30:48obviously the scoreline
30:50needs to be known in football
30:52one goal
30:54the completion of the game can change really quickly
30:57Bayern have to try and make sure that they secure this dominance
31:00score another goal
31:02and then almost the game is done with
31:04but until then, I don't know, we've got hope
31:06in three of the four meetings in the league and cup before this one
31:08they had come back from two goals down
31:10they didn't always win or draw the games
31:12but they did come back from two down at various points in those matches
31:14Heidenheim all under Frank Schmidt's coaching
31:16but today just get the feeling the way Bayern are playing today
31:21the mood they're in
31:23just appear to be a team with a
31:25a real point to prove this afternoon given what happened
31:28at Inter in midweek
31:35Sometimes you kind of feel that teams will be a little bit sluggish
31:39maybe feeling sorry for themselves a little bit
31:41trying to pick themselves up after such a big disappointment
31:43then, you know, a tough game away
31:46from home against a club like home
31:48we're fighting survival
31:50the pitch is tight, it's warm
31:52you know, it's draining
31:54Bayern have just been really good at the beginning of this game
31:57they've started well, positively, players have been up for it
31:59They fell here on, Jan Schupner gives the home team a free kick
32:06should mention of course, Bayern still missing a number of key players
32:11Neuer Meccano, Jamal Muziana
32:13Yeah, I mean, Neuer, if you look at Neuer, it's an interesting one
32:17even though he's club captain, his presence, experience and his save ratio
32:19he's one of the worst in the league, he hasn't necessarily had a particularly good season
32:24so in terms of do you miss having not Manuel Neuer
32:28that's a difficult one to answer because I would never have thought
32:30I'd be saying, does Bayern really miss him this season?
32:33I don't think they really have so far
32:35but Muzi Alic for me is the biggest miss
32:38he's such a quality player, his relationship with Elisa I think has been great
32:42and also Harry Kane, he's the one that I think is probably have missed him
32:45certainly when it comes to European Football Champions League
32:49Traore
32:51this is Marlon Busch
32:56Adrian Beck for Niklas Dorsch
32:59Kretzik
33:03lots of options here
33:05moved on to Beck
33:09Gimba
33:10so Bayern 2 clear, Kane and Lyme are the goals, they could have had more
33:18it's been a very imposing start here to the game by the league leaders
33:23hit along by Kevin Muller
33:27hopped on to Schopner here
33:30Guerrero
33:32it's Harry Kane's pass, it's a good one too to get Olize away
33:38Michael Olize
33:40and Muller makes the save
33:42not gone yet the danger
33:44Olize still to Bayern
33:46sets up Kane again, blocked by Busch
33:49that's a big chance from Olize
33:51that he does everything right
33:53other than the final execution
33:55he dummies, Muller goes down
33:57instead he plays it straight where Muller is
33:58just a poor finish in the end from Olize
34:04he has scored eight league goals this season
34:06Michael Olize
34:07assisting 10
34:09Kane's pass to get him away was superb
34:11but here, couldn't beat Muller
34:13I mean the dummy is excellent, Muller's going down
34:15and then he needs to either dink it over him
34:17or take it past him a little bit
34:19take it back onto his right
34:21instead he just tries to still slot it through him
34:23there's just no room
34:24the West London born these days international for France
34:31got his first French goal in the March games against Croatia
34:35a superb free kick in the Nations League
34:37as I say for Bayern are handing 18 league goals in what's been a superb first season in German football
34:43it doesn't surprise me
34:45I mean he's a phenomenal player
34:47he was brilliant in the Premier League with Crystal Palace
34:49the only questions were his injury records at times
34:52but since coming to Bayern he's been again exceptional
34:55gone to another level playing with better players around him
34:58and I think that's where we'll just see him get better and better
35:00Lule here for Dorsch
35:03who had six years on Bayern's books
35:05his first team record was one game and one goal
35:08scored in a game with Eintracht Frankfurt
35:11seven years ago this month under Jupp Heynckes
35:14on the day when he made lots of changes
35:17he was then released to come here
35:22before moving on again
35:23came back as the club's record by in the summer from Augsburg
35:25for just over three million euros Niklas Dorsch
35:34this is Gimba
35:36into Schopner
35:40Kretzik
35:50Kretzik again
35:51just going to show you how small a club highland really are
35:55in terms of three million euros record signing
35:57in today's money that's in the game
35:59obviously always on a budget
36:01always managing their funds very very carefully
36:04there's a small sum in today's transfer budgets
36:08or certainly transfer dealings
36:11the sole Tim Kline is for a club record incoming
36:14seven million to Gladbach in the summer
36:15as I say to lose those three players last season
36:19Dinkchi was on loan here from Werder Bremen then
36:21but Kline Diensten
36:23Jan Niklas Best went to Benfica
36:25those were three enormous players
36:27big players to replace for a club
36:29a squad of Heidenheim stature
36:31who did so much in that remarkable eighth place
36:33and European finish in their first ever top division season last year
36:36there is Zapieringer
36:42looks for Traore
36:46Bush
36:51Omar Traore for Heidenheim
36:53takes on Guerrero
36:56Traore still here got the cross in
36:59will be a corner
37:00yeah he does really well Troy
37:01he does
37:02firstly he's touched the ball out wide on the touch line
37:04when he's got a little bit of space
37:05Guerrero then
37:07doesn't want to engage
37:08doesn't want to dive in
37:09because he just knows Troy's got such pace
37:12drop in the hips
37:13dummy
37:14just leave him out of the game
37:15so he's got to try and manage him all the way
37:17so it was good defending in the end
37:19a little big waiting still for his first clean sheet in the Bundesliga
37:23as a Bayern goalkeeper
37:25he's kept Leverkusenet in the Champions League
37:27the corner here for FC Heidenheim
37:33can they land a blow here
37:34land a glove
37:36on Bayern to get back into the game
37:38in goes the corner
37:39it's a good one two
37:40and almost met by
37:41Serlo Conte
37:43big chance
37:44really big chance from Conte
37:46again I'm not sure whether it is that sunlight shade
37:50that possibly have put him out
37:51you can see there he's in the sun
37:53as he tries to have the ball
37:54just comes in the shade
37:55that is so difficult to do
37:56that is so difficult to deal with
38:00he scored a super header away to Hearts in the Conference League back in the Autumn Conte
38:06only league goal came here
38:08in the win versus Holstein Kiel last month
38:13here's Busch with
38:14Korman for Korman for Korman for company
38:18lead by Kevin Muller
38:23Adrian Beck
38:24Schupner for Dorsch
38:26now Kretzik
38:31Adrian Beck wide now to Marvin Peeringer
38:35Peeringer's cross a good one
38:36good one
38:37kept alive here
38:38kept alive here
38:39now by Truro
38:40he's sending right back in
38:42a little drop to Peeringer here for Adrian Beck who thinks about it
38:46Beck took on the shot
38:48too far wide
38:49yeah through a crowd of players there
38:52that shot from distance
38:54not bad
38:56as Irving there scrambling to try and get across
38:59does go wide
39:01comfortably enough for the goal kick in the end
39:04nearly poked in by Jan Schupner too who is there to just
39:08chuck a foot towards it
39:09so 2-0
39:13Bynes lead Harry Kane and
39:15Conrad Leimer
39:16that's risky
39:18that's a dangerous ball
39:19there's no reason what's going to play that ball
39:22from Obi there
39:23it's just so much pressure on the ball
39:28Leimer
39:30oh it's a painful one
39:32Leimer caught by Gimba
39:34now a card coming here
39:36Gimba
39:37yellow card now
39:38that means he will not play
39:40the next game
39:43Leimer cautions
39:45this challenge here on Leimer
39:46it did look an ugly one
39:48yeah
39:50I thought it was worse
39:51at normal speed
39:52I mean he's just going for the clearance isn't he
39:54it's just
39:55and you can see Leimer just gets across him
39:57in the end
39:58takes a bit of a blow
39:59but it's not as bad as it initially looked like
40:01I think the referee is absolutely right
40:02just a yellow card
40:04chance here for some
40:06quick coaching from Van Sohn company
40:09so Leimer's okay
40:10so Leimer's okay
40:12no damage done to him
40:15as I say his goal today
40:16it's his second league goal
40:17having joined from Leipzig
40:18ahead of last season
40:19the Austrian
40:21score against Shakhtar Donetsk
40:23as well in the Champions League
40:24back in December in Gelsenkirchen
40:25so Kimmich on the free kick for Bayern
40:30who have this two-goal cushion
40:35Paulize
40:37Kane
40:38Kane
40:39great ball in
40:41and here now
40:42it's Korman
40:43angled tight
40:45but he finds the target anyway
40:48it's a perfect Bayern first half
40:51no ifs
40:52no buts
40:53they're going
40:54nine points clear
40:55at the summit tonight
40:56yeah
40:57really good finish
40:58from a real cute angle
40:59there from Kinsley Coleman
41:00I thought the chance was gone
41:02as the ball ricochets
41:03off the chance
41:04goalkeeper
41:05I think gets caught possibly
41:06in the sunlight
41:07it's a fantastic ball
41:08from Harry Kane
41:10initially
41:11the path
41:14yeah
41:15he just couldn't get his left foot
41:16around it
41:17and I thought maybe he's taken
41:18the wrong line
41:19just sneaks into that near post
41:20there
41:21Miller will be disappointed
41:22just hits with sheer pace
41:24that beats him
41:28a marker
41:29being laid down to Leverkusen
41:31here
41:32in the title race
41:33look at us
41:34this is what we can do
41:35we
41:36want
41:37to reclaim
41:38the Meisterschala
41:39we will
41:42they say
41:43reclaim
41:44the Meisterschala
41:45Thomas Müller's team
41:46lead here
41:47by three goals to nil
41:48and they right now
41:50are on easy street
41:51in Heidenheim
41:52yeah
41:53I mean I think it's a fair
41:54score line
41:55at this stage of the game
41:56could have even been a lot worse
41:57for Heidenheim
41:58the danger for Bayern
41:59was not getting that third goal
42:01really
42:02and allowing Heidenheim
42:03you know
42:04saw a couple of half chances
42:05Conte had that chance
42:07in the six yard box
42:08just didn't get his head on the end of it
42:10and they're the ones that could
42:11potentially change the game
42:13but for Bayern now
42:14to go three up
42:15just really confirming their dominance
42:17in this first 45 minutes
42:19Dyer on here to Lima
42:21Harry Kane
42:23well easy
42:27I think as well
42:28so far
42:29Mark
42:30Kane's passing range
42:31has really caught the eye
42:32in the first half
42:33yeah I mean that passing
42:34the Guerrero was
42:35was exceptional
42:36really it was
42:37and at times
42:38you know
42:39we see Harry Kane
42:40does drop into those
42:41sort of deeper line positions
42:42sometimes you just
42:43get back up front
42:44that's where you are
42:45you're most dangerous
42:46you're the one
42:47you're the goal scorer
42:48it's the movement
42:49that's what drags players
42:50the hurricane coming
42:51so deep defenders need to go with him
42:52it creates space
42:53for players like
42:54Guerrero to run into
42:55so
43:04Bayern three goals clear
43:05we can see the attacking zones
43:06from Bayern so far
43:07you can see that
43:08their right hand side's been
43:09their most fruitful so far
43:11in the first half
43:13that's the Olise flank
43:14and Olise has really led
43:15Heidenham
43:16a merry dance so far
43:17Mark
43:18well I think interestingly
43:19we thought that
43:20Olise would be more
43:21in that ten role
43:22but he's actually come out
43:23and he feels like
43:24he must be more comfortable
43:25playing out wider
43:26and Serge Gnabry more often
43:27than not
43:28he's in that kind of
43:29midfield deeper
43:30sort of number ten role
43:31and Koeman out wide
43:32on the left
43:33and I just
43:34it's no surprise that
43:35Olise is the one that's
43:36more often on the ball
43:37because every time he gets
43:38the ball it's either
43:39he's going to take a player
43:40or he's going to come back
43:41inside and whip across
43:42him for one of his
43:43teammates to get on the end
43:44of
43:45Thomas Muller waiting in reserve
43:47he would come on today
43:48to make
43:49appearance
43:504-9-9
43:51in the Bundesliga
43:53there is
43:54Olise
43:55back to
43:56Konrad Leimer
43:58Eric Dier
43:59for Bayern
44:01Stanisic
44:03Guerreiro
44:06into Kane again
44:08Kane linking
44:09play well today for Bayern
44:12Leimer up to Gnabry
44:13Gnabry
44:14Gnabry
44:15Olise
44:16Bocton then cleared away by
44:18Patrick Meinke
44:19up to Beck
44:20on Dorsch
44:22now Conte a foot race here
44:24but Urbic should win it
44:26and good goalkeeping
44:28really good coming out there
44:30identifying that area
44:31that's an area you can control
44:33really nice high line
44:34really nice high line
44:35no real pressure there
44:37deals with the danger
44:42Stanisic
44:44Oswald Kimmich
44:45was a star man in Italy's in Germany's recent win over Italy in the Nations League quarterfinals when he had hand across the two legs in all five goals they scored in that victory
44:56here comes Guerreiro now for Gnabry
44:59here comes Guerreiro now for Gnabry
45:01way beyond Dorsch for now
45:02it's come back to Josue Kimmich
45:04Conrad Leimer
45:05thinks about it
45:06thinks about it
45:08Olise
45:09Leimer's gone down here
45:10Time has gone down here
45:12and a card coming
45:16And a card
45:17to think Niklas Dorsch was it
45:19Yeah it looked like it
45:20it was just a bit of frustration wasn't it it in the end I think
45:23to see there that
45:25Bayern are in total control
45:26he's just slightly
45:27it's not even frustration
45:28it's just a slight mistiming actually
45:30Well Dorsch
45:33six years of Bayern and just that one game in the first team
45:38to go with one red in his season back here at Heidenheim.
45:44Olize scored from this range for France against Croatia in the Nations League in March.
45:51So scored against Borkum in the league game back in October.
45:57This season for club and for country on free kicks.
46:00Olize has some pedigree.
46:03Kimmich there too.
46:05It's Olize!
46:06And Müller behind it.
46:09Yeah, not enough in the end, was it?
46:10It was a bit of a tame shot.
46:12Easy for the goal, could be to step across and gather.
46:16Pierringer.
46:17Just falls his way here, Pierringer.
46:21Playway done.
46:22Away comes Leimann out to get Bayern in business with Jozef Stanisic on the ball now as well.
46:28Pavlovich.
46:31Leimann.
46:31Deception there by Kretzik.
46:41Never seen that challenge.
46:42Yeah, it's...
46:43Interesting attempt from Pierringer there to try and win a foul.
46:49Obviously the referee wasn't buying into it at all.
46:50And Gnabry's rather loose pass here has just put Bayern on the back foot a touch.
46:57This is Jozef Stanisic back to Jonas Ulbic.
46:59A little bigger way again.
47:09Should drop to...
47:11...Mainke.
47:13Here comes Conrad Leimer.
47:23Olize.
47:24Faceback Kretzik.
47:28Olize Devilish.
47:29In here for Leimer again.
47:31Leimer's shot.
47:32Gnabry's trickery.
47:34Troré clear but not too far away.
47:37Beck boxed in.
47:38Give it away again here to Olize for Bayern who looked really up for this this afternoon.
47:42That's a foul.
47:43Another free kick.
47:44Another card as well coming in.
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