{"id":469,"date":"2019-03-01T10:29:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T10:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/2019\/03\/01\/we-were-not-100-per-cent-present-neuer-blames-lack-of-focus-for-bayern-defeat\/"},"modified":"2019-03-01T10:29:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T10:29:22","slug":"we-were-not-100-per-cent-present-neuer-blames-lack-of-focus-for-bayern-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=469","title":{"rendered":"'We were not 100 per cent present' – Neuer blames lack of focus for Bayern defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bundesliga holders slipped to an unexpected 2-0 defeat to see their lead cut at the top of the table, following a 1-1 draw against Augsburg <\/p>\n

Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has blamed his side\u2019s lapse in concentration during the first half as the reason behind their first defeat of the season against Hertha Berlin on Friday.<\/p>\n

Vedad Ibisevic’s 23rd-minute penalty and a close-range finish from the influential Ondrej Duda on the stroke of half-time condemned the Bundesliga champions to a 2-0 loss, following a second underwhelming performance in succession.<\/p>\n

Niko Kovac\u2019s side had also been held to a surprise 1-1 draw at home to Augsburg in midweek and run the risk of now surrendering the top spot to Borussia Dortmund or Werder Bremen this weekend.<\/p>\n

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With a clash against Ajax in the Champions League next on the agenda, Neuer is stressing that his side must put their dismal first-half display behind them to secure a return to winning ways.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were not 100 per cent present in the first half,\u201d he told reporters after the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe issue of missing opportunities remains a big one \u2013 this was the case again [against Hertha]. We were optimistic at half-time that we could still turn it around.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the Champions League everything is possible because we won the first game [against Benfica].<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are all professional enough and know what football is like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since joining from Schalke in 2011, Neuer has helped oversee a new golden era for Bayern, starring in goal as they claimed six consecutive Bundesliga titles, beginning with a treble triumph in 2013 that saw them also win the DFB-Pokal and the Champions League.<\/p>\n

He also won the 2014 World Cup with Germany, but endured a poor tournament in Russia as captain of the national team, with the defending champions eliminated at the group stage following defeats to Mexico and South Korea.<\/p>\n

Following their game against Ajax, Bayern return to domestic duty with a fixture against Borussia Monchengladbach on October 6, before a fortnight hiatus for the international break.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Bundesliga holders slipped to an unexpected 2-0 defeat to see their lead cut at the top of the table, following a 1-1 draw against Augsburg Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has blamed his side\u2019s lapse in concentration during the first half as the reason behind their first defeat of the season against Hertha Berlin…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}