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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Andy Brassell

Hertha Berlin go missing in Bayern ordeal to complete week of ‘disgrace’

Thomas Müller scored Bayeern Munich’s second goal of a 4-1 win at Herta Berlin before later admitting: ‘There wasn’t really any defending for my goal.’
Thomas Müller scores Bayern Munich’s second goal of a 4-1 win at Hertha Berlin. He later admitted: ‘There wasn’t really any defending for my goal.’ Photograph: Maja Hitij/Getty Images

“We have to make sure,” said Hertha Berlin head coach, Tayfun Korkut, “that we put this week behind us and focus on the coming games.”

A mere 109 seconds into Sunday’s game against Bayern Munich Corentin Tolisso had the ball in the Hertha net and was called for a marginal offside, and even before the midfielder eventually headed the opener it never felt like the home side were doing anything other than trying to contain the deluge in a paper cup, as Neil Finn might have said – but the coach meant more than just that.

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