Sane breaks silence after he was attacked by Union Berlin boss Bjelica

Leroy Sane has spoken for the primary time since he was attacked by Union Berlin boss Nenad Bjelica on the touchline throughout Bayern Munich’s 1-0 victory on Wednesday evening.

Thomas Tuchel‘s facet returned to kind with a gritty win over the Bundesliga strugglers to cut back the hole to Bayer Leverkusen on the high of the desk to 4 factors. 

However, with quarter-hour to play, the sport descended into chaos. Sane and Bjelica got here head to head by the facet of the pitch on the Allianz Arena because the Bayern winger appeared to retrieve the ball for a throw-in earlier than the Croatian boss pulled the ball away from him.

Former Manchester City winger Sane had swiped his hand on the ball resulting in the pair to sq. as much as each other.

Then, in a second of insanity, the Union Berlin head coach inexplicably pushed Sane twice within the face, sparking a brawl pitchside between the 2 benches, with Tottenham loanee Eric Dier, who made his debut from the bench, seen attempting to maintain the peace as each units of gamers tried to interrupt up Sane and Bjelica.

And, chatting with BILD post-match, Sane mirrored on the unsavoury incident.

‘I truly simply wish to get the ball again rapidly to start out the following assault,’ he stated. ‘And then it acquired a bit wild and he grabbed me within the face.’

The ensuing melee gave referee Frank Willenborg no different choice than to ship the Croatian supervisor off for violent conduct, whereas Sane acquired a yellow card for his function within the incident.

The 52-year-old continued to argue his case as he made his approach as much as the stands and appeared to hit out at numerous Bayern supporters earlier than being calmed down. 

Speaking after the match, Bjelica  – who has additionally managed the likes of Lech Poznan, Dinamo Zagreb and Trabzonspor – stated he understood why he was despatched off and his behaviour ‘can’t be tolerated’ however refused to apologise to Sane.

‘I’m in my zone and wish to give him the ball. He pushed me. Then after all I reacted,’ he stated.

Asked whether or not he would apologise, he added: ‘Only to my staff. It’s not tolerating it. Not with Sane. He comes in direction of me to impress me. Of course I do not react the best way I ought to as a coach. There’s nothing so as to add.’

Bayern boss Thomas Tuchel provided a diplomatic response after the incident. 

‘It’s not good,’ he stated. ‘It’s onerous to defend him. But I do not wish to say something about it. I don’t want so as to add gasoline to the fireplace.’

Bayern managed to see out the victory, successful the Bundesliga encounter 1-0 because of Raphael Guerreiro’s second-half strike.

It noticed Thomas Tuchel’s facet bounce again from final week’s dwelling defeat by Werder Bremen and lower the hole to the highest to 4 factors.

The authentic recreation had been postponed in December as a consequence of heavy snowfall in Munich on the time.

Bayern had been wanting to make amends for Sunday’s 1-0 loss and the guests had to take in intense early stress.

Union keeper Frederik Ronnow managed to cease Matthijs de Ligt’s header and Dayot Upamecano’s rebound within the seventh minute earlier than tipping vast Kingsley Coman’s low shot just a little later.

Coman once more went near placing Bayern in entrance within the twenty third however his effort sailed simply vast of the publish with Bayern having near 80 per cent possession within the first half.

Guerreiro then broke the impasse seconds after the restart, drilling in on the rebound after Harry Kane’s shot had bounced off the publish and into the Portuguese’s path, with the England skipper later having a purpose dominated out for offside.

Bayern transfer as much as 44 factors in second place, with Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen main the title race on 48.