Kovac rues mistakes
Head coach Niko Kovac said individual mistakes are at the heart of Bayern Munich's slump after they crashed to a 3-0 Bundesliga defeat at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach, leaving them fifth in the table.
After losing 2-0 at Hertha Berlin a week ago and drawing 1-1 at home to Ajax in the Champions League on Wednesday, Bayern are winless in their last four matches in all competitions.
The defending champions were 2-0 down against Gladbach after 16 minutes, leaking early goals to Alassane Plea and club captain Lars Stindl, before Patrick Herrmann added a late third on Saturday.
Kovac is under pressure with Bayern now four points behind league leaders Borussia Dortmund and out of the Champions League places, which will displease chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and president Uli Hoeness.
"I had their support after the first seven games (when Bayern were undefeated), so I assume I still have it, but at the end, I am not the one who can answer that," said Kovac. "I have said a few words to the team, but that should stay in the dressing room. We are making too many individual mistakes.
"Everyone is trying, but at the moment we are not bringing it together on the pitch. You have to act as a unit, but we conceded three goals from their three goals."
To compound Bayern's problems, left-back and dead-ball specialist David Alaba limped off in the second half with a leg injury. "It could be a tear, from what he signalled," said Kovac.
With Juan Bernat having been sold to Paris Saint-Germain and Rafinha out injured, Bayern are down to just one fit wing-back in Joshua Kimmich. "This is exactly what I feared would happen," admitted Kovac.
Bayern captain Manuel Neuer was at a loss to explain the slump. "We started well, but conceded two goals and ended up chasing the game," he said. "You can see that we all want it, but we didn't take the big chances which came our way."
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