Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich reacted appropriately after their first defeat of the season in the German football championship with a 5-1 home victory over RB Leipzig in a match from the 15th round, but the celebrations and the club's Christmas ceremony were cut short due to the car attack on the Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg, BTA reported.
Jamal Musiala gave the hosts the lead just 28 seconds into the match, but a minute later Benjamin Sheshko equalized for 1-1 with a goal for the guests from Leipzig, and this was the first match in which both teams scored in the first two minutes, the official Bundesliga website reported.
Konrad Laimer in the 25th minute and Joshua Kimmich in the 36th minute made it 3:1 for Bayern Munich. After the break, Leroy Sane in the 75th minute and Alphonso Davies in the 78th minute scored within three minutes, increasing the lead of the "Bavarians" to 5:1. Davies returned to the field after an injury, along with striker Harry Kane, but the English footballer was unable to increase his goal tally, which currently stands at 14 goals.
Bayern already has a 7-point lead over second-placed Bayer Leverkusen in the provisional standings, but the champions have a game in hand. RB Leipzig is fourth with 27 points. "It was a very important success against a good team. The victory was more or less not in danger. "Now we will look forward to the coming days even more," Laimer told Sat1 television.
The planned post-match celebration program was changed after the attack in Magdeburg. A minute's silence was held, after which a choir performed "Silent Night." "We had completely different ideas about what would happen after the match," Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen told players and fans, speaking of a "terrifying" attack, dpa reported.
"This ceremony was supposed to be joyful, but now it's not working," he added. RB Leipzig head coach Marco Rose told streaming portal DAZN: "We lost a football match, but other things happened too. The result now looks in a very different light."