A swarm of clutch finishes marked out the final round of games before the winter break, including drama for leaders Bayern in their win at Stuttgart
The memo, it appeared, was widely received. As the Bundesliga’s Hinrunde – the season’s first half – came to a close, there was plenty to offer succour for the four weeks ahead. There were 36 goals rattled in across the nine games and a swarm of clutch finishes that owed as much to Hollywood as they did to Berlin.
Augsburg, one of the surprise overachievers of the opening half, looked like finishing with a whimper as they went into the 90th minute 3-1 down at home to a revitalised Freiburg. No problem – two stoppage-time finishes from Alfred Finnbogason rescued an unlikely point.
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