Obliged to string together results to stay in touch with Bayer Leverkusen, less than a week after being surprised by Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich won painfully against a team of A valiant Augsburg who pushed to the end to make the Munich residents doubt (3-2). Despite this victory, a black spot remains on the table: the injury exit of Kinglsey Coman.
From the 26th minute of play, the Frenchman had to give way to Mathys Tel, supported by two members of the medical staff. The reason ? The French international injured his knee during the action which led to the Bavarians’ opening score. Asked about this unfortunate fact of play after the meeting, Thomas Tuchel predicted the worst for the 27-year-old player. “It’s a knee injury. We will have to wait to find out what exactly is going on. This is probably a fairly serious and very painful injury. There was no way he was going to continue playing. We’re going to check the ligaments and then we’ll see what happens.”declared the German technician to journalists.