How Taiwo Awoniyi was tamed by Bayern Munich in a seven-goal thriller in Berlin

October has been a perfect month for Taiwo Awoniyi and Union Berlin as the team has won three out of the games in October with Awoniyi scoring in all the games. 

The team good run was cut short by the Bavarian with the Nigerian firing blank for the first time in the month. 

The Nigerian striker was pocketed by the Bayern Munich's central defender duo of Sule and Hernandez.  

The 24-year-old labored all around the pitch looking to score his 10th goal of the season but without success before he was hauled off in the 65th, halting his scoring run in four consecutive games. 

He managed just one shot throughout the over an hour he spent on the pitch which went off target, he managed to pull off one key pass through his stay on the pitch.

The Bavarians were not in the mood to entertain any further slip after the embarrassing 5-0 loss to Borrusia Monchengladbach in the DFB pokal midweek. 

Thomas Muller and Robert Lewandowski led the assault on Union Berlin as the capital city dominated 63% of the game to end Die Eisernen ’s 21-game unbeaten run at Stadion An der Alten Forsterei, the current longest in the Bundesliga. 

Robert Lewandowski shot Bayern Munich ahead in the 15th minute from the penalty spot and doubled the lead in the 23rd minute when he was teed up by Muller. 

The German international also set up Leroy Sane in the 34th minute before the host reduced the deficit in the 42 and minute through Niko Giesselmann to end the first half of the match by four goals. 

Kingsley Coman also benefited from Muller's generosity of assists to restore Bayern Munich's three goals on the one-hour mark. 

Julian Ryerson scored Union Berlin's second goal in the 65th minute, but Muller got the last to cap another great day at the office. 

The result leaves Union Berlin on sixteen points after ten games, maintaining their fifth position on the log as the chase for a UEFA Champions League finish continues.

Taiwo Awoniyi made his Super Eagles debut against the Central African Republic, in Lagos at the ongoing 2022 World Cup qualifier, a gesture extended to him by coach Gernot Rohr in appreciation of his great scoring form in the Bundesliga since he made the switch from Liverpool FC to Union Berlin.

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Olusola Adebayo is a highly-skilled, enthusiastic, self-motivated writer with over 10 successful years of experience. 

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