Bayern's grip loosened by inspired Frankfurt
Bayern Munich's stranglehold on top spot in the Bundesliga has been loosened after it suffered a 2-1 defeat at Amin Younes-inspired Eintracht Frankfurt, which was without top-scorer Andre Silva.
It was Bayern's first visit to Frankfurt since the 5-1 defeat in November 2019 that cost Niko Kovac his job, and while this defeat is unlikely to have similar ramifications for Hansi Flick, it was a similarly frustrating day for the champion side.
Bayern came into the game having picked up a league-high 19 points from losing positions this term and it was once again forced into such a position after Kamada's well-worked opener and Younes's gorgeous second left the visitors 2-0 down at the interval.
Flick's men dominated the second half after Robert Lewandowski pulled one back in the 53rd minute but they failed to add to that, meaning RB Leipzig can close to within two points of the leader with a win at Hertha Berlin on Monday (AEDT).
An early strain suffered by one of the officials and a subsequent lengthy delay did little to upset Eintracht's flow and it deservedly went ahead in the 12th minute, Filip Kostic latching on to Younes's clever reverse ball in behind Leroy Sane and teeing up Kamada for an easy finish.
Younes then shot agonisingly wide from inside his own half with Manuel Neuer stranded soon after, though Bayern had no such fortune just past the half-hour mark, the Napoli-owned midfielder cutting in off the left and arrowing a sensational strike into the top-far corner.
Bayern finished the half better but a goal still eluded it, with Kevin Trapp making necessary saves to deny Kingsley Coman and Lewandowski, before Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting's late flick just missed the post.
The visitors looked sharper at the start of the second half and soon got themselves a lifeline, Lewandowski turning in from close range after Sane left the Eintracht defence in knots.
That pattern of Bayern dominance continued for much of the second half, with Leon Goretzka heading just off target, Coman forcing Trapp into action with a looping volley and the Frenchman also somehow missing the target a few yards out.
Eintracht might have got a third on the break were it not for Neuer saving brilliantly from Kostic, though it mattered not for the hosts, who held on to the win that keeps them level with third-placed Wolfsburg.
