Berlin, Dec 4 || Bayern Munich battled into the DFB Cup quarterfinals with a dramatic 3-2 win at Union Berlin in a match shaped by two Union own goals, two penalties and fierce late pressure.
Union, backed by a raucous home crowd, started aggressively but was punished from the first corner when Ilyas Ansah shinned a Joshua Kimmich corner into his own net. Another Kimmich set piece brought the second, as Harry Kane stooped to head home from close range.
The hosts clawed their way back before the interval as a VAR check penalized Jonathan Tah for handball and Leopold Querfeld calmly sent Manuel Neuer the wrong way from the spot, reports.
Deep into first-half stoppage time, Union's set-piece woes continued. Under pressure at the far post, Diogo Leite inadvertently looped an attempted clearance over goalkeeper Frederik Ronnow and into the top corner, restoring Bayern's two-goal advantage at the break.