Bavarian Football Works
Not everyone was a fan of Bayern Munich’s opening goal, a towering Harry Kane header deftly placed beyond Gregor Kobel’s reach in the 22nd minute of Saturday’s 2-1 Der Klassiker victory over Borussia Dortmund.
Afterward, the referee, Bastian Dankert, offered what should be a decisive final word in which he declared there was no push at all — certainly not enough to be making calls over it.
Bayern’s Joshua Kimmich falls in that camp.
“Even [BVB striker Serhou] Guirassy wasn’t complaining,” Kimmich noted in post-match comments captured by @iMiaSanMia. “No, that’s not a foul. I think we all agree on that. Otherwise, we’d have to call many fouls in the penalty area on set…
