Raphael Guerreiro Gets Bayern Munich Back On Track As Union Berlin Coach Clashes With Leroy Sane

Raphael Guerreiro scored the only goal as Bayern Munich beat Union Berlin 1-0 at home on Wednesday, with the visiting coach sent to the stands for grabbing Leroy Sane's face. With Bayern in front after Guerreiro's second-half strike, Union striker Kevin Behrens was brought to the ground in the penalty box by a home defender with 20 minutes remaining. The Union players and staff became increasingly incensed as VAR seemingly decided not to intervene, with visiting manager Nenad Bjelica grabbing Sane's face and pushing the winger as he tried to take a throw in minutes later. 

Bjelica saw straight red and was sent to the stands, arguing with home fans as he was escorted by stewards, while Sane received a yellow card for retaliating. 

"I don't want to say anything about it, it'd be dumb to throw oil on the fire, but it doesn't look good" Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel told Sky after the game.

Bayern held on as Union sought a late equaliser, but the tension among the home side was clear, with the German champions sitting in the unfamiliar second spot, four points behind Bayer Leverkusen. 

Bjelica told Sky Sane "came and provoked me" but said "what I did, shouldn't be tolerated. I understand the red card."

Watching a replay of the penalty, Bjelica told Sky "I've seen those given, but of course it's not easy to give a penalty here in front of 70,000 Bayern fans."

The win may however be costly for the home side, who lost Dayot Upamecano to a hamstring injury, bringing former Spurs defender Eric Dier onto the pitch for the first time in Bayern colours. 

With Kim Min-jae on Asia Cup duty, Matthijs de Ligt could be Bayern's only fit centre-back should Upamecano fail to return in Saturday's clash with Augsburg.

"It's bad" Tuchel told