Mueez Ajao
– Randal Kolo Muani scored a second-half equaliser as Eintracht Frankfurt held Bayern Munich to a third straight Bundesliga draw.
– The France international held off Dayot Upamecano’s challenge before finding the far corner for his fourth goal in five league appearances.
– Leroy Sane had given Bayern the lead from Thomas Muller’s cross.
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– Leaders Bayern are one point clear of second-placed Union Berlin, who beat city rivals Hertha earlier on Saturday.
– Having already been held by Leipzig and Koln this month, the Munich club have failed to win any of their first three games of a calendar year for the first time since 2007.
– Julian Nagelsmann’s team created the better opportunities in the first half and could have gone in front before Sane’s opener, but Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp parried Joshua Kimmich’s long-range effort before getting in the way of Muller’s follow-up.
– Upamecano should have doubled Bayern’s advantage late in the first half but failed to hit the target with a back-post header.
– Chances were few and far between after half-time until Kolo Muani earned Frankfurt a point with his seventh league goal of the campaign.
– The Frenchman now has 17 goal involvements in the Bundesliga this season, more than any other player in Germany’s top flight.
– Frankfurt are fifth – five points behind Bayern and two behind fourth-placed Freiburg – but could drop to sixth on Sunday if Borussia Dortmund beat Bayer Leverkusen.
