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Berlin, Dec 19 (IANS) Bayern Munich secured a 3-1 victory over Freiburg in the dying seconds of the game on the goals from substitute Joshua Zirkzee and Serge Gnabry in the 16th round of Bundesliga.
On Wednesday evening, the "Bavarians" started highly motivated into the encounter and pressed Freiburg into the defense in the opening period. Hence, it took the visitors only one minute to produce the first promising chance but goalkeeper Mark Flekken was able to defuse Philippe Coutinho's chip, reports Xinhua news agency.
Bayern created another chance with seven minutes played when Thomas Muller rattled the woodwork from very close range. Their efforts eventually paid off with 16 minutes into the game as Alphonso Davies raced down on the left wing before assisting Robert Lewandowski, who scored his 19th goal of the season.
As the match progressed Freiburg slowly but surely gained a foothold into the game whereas the visitors retracted with the narrow lead behind. Bayern's passiveness soon had dire consequences as Lucas Holer's shot on target forced custodian Manuel Neuer into action before Vincenzo Grifo capitalised on Janik Haberer's pinpoint cross to restore parity at the hour mark.
Freiburg assumed control and came close twice in quick succession as Nils Petersen missed the target from promising position while Holer tested Neuer once again moments later.
The chances were a wakening call for the visitors as Bayern almost grabbed the lead out of the blue but Flekken was on guard to tip Ivan Perisic's volley over the crossbar in the 65th minute.
In the closing period, both sides traded attacks with golden chances at both ends of the pitch. However, it were German champions who had the last laugh as young substitute Zirkzee came off the bench and scored the decider 120 seconds later. The defending champions were not done with the scoring and added another goal to their lead as Gnabry tapped own his own rebound three minutes later.
With the victory, Bayern Munich move on the third place, with a four-point deficit to front runners Leipzig, meanwhile Freiburg stay on the sixth position.
--IANS
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