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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23677659" data-attributes="member: 158020">Hertha Berlin 2 Bayern Munich 0:  Champions stunned as Kovac suffers first defeat  <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/28/22/4621010-0-image-a-23_1538169187265.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />     Niko Kovac suffered his first loss in charge of Bayern Munich as the  Bundesliga champions slipped to a concerning 2-0 loss away at Hertha Berlin on  Friday.Held to a 1-1 home draw by Augsburg in midweek, the return of Robert  Lewandowski, James Rodriguez and a raft of regulars failed to prevent Bayern  from dropping points for a second successive outing.    They were disjointed in defence and uncharacteristically wasteful in attack  as Vedad Ibisevic's 23rd-minute penalty and a shot from Ondrej Duda on the  stroke of half-time gave the home side their first victory against the Bavarian  giants in 15 league meetings.   It added up to a forgettable homecoming for former Hertha player Kovac, who  will expect a response to this mini slump when Bayern host Ajax in the Champions  League on Tuesday.   Recalled as one of seven changes, Jerome Boateng's first major act was to nod  a James corner agonisingly wide of the top corner.His next, however, was a  panicked challenge on Salomon Kalou that allowed Ibisevic to convert the opener,  leaving Bayern rattled on the road.   Arjen Robben inexplicably turned David Alaba's low cross over the bar at  point-blank range and the miss was punished a minute before the break, Duda  emphatically meeting Valentino Lazaro's clever cut-back.Boateng went close to  reducing the deficit with another fine header beyond the hour but Thomas Kraft,  deputising for the injured Rune Jarstein, reacted well to deny the Germany  international.   Kovac threw on Thomas Muller, Serge Gnabry and Sandro Wagner in an  ultimately fruitless search for a way back into his most alarming match in  charge.</blockquote>

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