Coman steers Bayern to comeback win at Augsburg

Champions Bayern Munich twice needed to come from a goal
down to beat hosts Augsburg 3-2 on Friday courtesy of Kingsley Coman’s two
goals, and cut the gap with leaders Borussia Dortmund to two points.
The
Frenchman, however, was injured in the final stages of the game, turning his
left ankle on which he previously had surgery on. Coach Niko Kovac said of
Coman’s injury: “It does not look good. We will know more tomorrow.”
Bayern, who
take on Liverpool in the Champions League Round of 16 next week, were 1-0 down
after only 13 seconds with a Leon Goretzka own goal, in what was the fastest
Bundesliga goal for Augsburg.
Coman
briefly restored order when he tapped in a Joshua Kimmich cross in the 17th
minute.
When Ji
Dong-won netted in the 24th minute to give the hosts a 2-1 lead, it was the
first time Augsburg had scored two goals against Bayern in a competitive game.
Robert
Lewandowski, needing one goal to equal Claudio Pizarro’s 194 goals for the
league’s all-time top foreign scorer, headed onto the crossbar but it was again
winger Coman, who came to the rescue on the stroke of halftime to level once
more.
Bayern’s comeback was complete when David Alaba fired in from
a tight angle in the 53rd before Coman almost got a hat-trick, with his 73rd
minute header tipped onto the bar by Augsburg keeper Gregor Kobel.
However,
Bayern have now conceded goals in the six matches they have contested in all
competitions this year, even though keeper Manuel Neuer returned on Friday
after his injury absence.
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