RB Leipzig Ecstatic After Taking Down Bayern Munich

• Bayern Munich had their eyes on an 11th successive Bundesliga title
• Leipzig stunned Bayern at the Allianz arena with a late showdown
• The victory helps confirm RB Leipzig’s spot in the UEFA Champions League next season

Marco Rose's RB Leipzig stormed the Allianz Arena unfazed and delivered a stunning eleventh-hour blow to Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga title hopes.

Two late goals from forward, Christopher Nkunku and midfielder, Dominic Szoboszlai were enough to secure victory for the visitors and inadvertently sink the title hopes of Thomas Tuchel’s Bayern Munich.

It was a victory that had huge consequences and ultimately shaped the success of both teams’ seasons. The performance had RB Leipzig Head Coach, Marco Rose waxing lyrical.

The visitors’ joyous reactions after the match were captured by FCBayern.com:

“Bayern weren’t much better than us. We know how we won,” said Leipzig head coach, Marco Rose.

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“We felt at half-time that we could do a number of things better. We lost balls too easily in the first half, were lax with the ball. We wanted to be more compact, add more intensity, but also knew there was something in this for us today. With the counter for the equaliser, belief grew that we had them, and we took that. It was a great performance from us.”

Captain, Willi Orban agreed the second half was much better.

“We were braver, had more pressure on the ball, lots of turnovers and then scored good goals. We knew we had to change something at the break - full-backs higher up the field and defending the attacking midfielder higher. That meant we won the ball and then finished the attacks. We obviously had some luck with the penalties, but when you look at the second half, we deserved to win.”

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Ironically, it was none other than incoming Bayern midfielder, Konrad Laimer who delivered the dagger to the heart — the equaliser that seemed to crash the house of cards down.

“We didn’t start the game well. You saw how well Bayern can play when there’s something on the line for them,” Laimer said. “But we then got our chances. We said at half-time that we had to stay calm on the ball. We got chances, took them, and definitely aren’t undeserved winners. We really grew up in the second half, matured, and allowed them very little.”

This time next year, Laimer could be delivering vintage performances with a different 'we' after the match.

RB Leipzig in another final

Having successfully overcome the hurdle of securing their place on the continent next season, RB Leipzig will look to end their season on an even bigger high with a potential DFB Pokal triumph against Eintracht Frankfurt, as reported by ESPN.

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Leipzig, who are into their third cup final appearance in a row, will be hoping for a repeat of last season’s final.

It remains to be seen if Marco Rose’s side have got what it takes to secure the highly coveted title.

Dortmund dreaming of Bundesliga triumph

Earlier, Sports Brief reported Borussia Dortmund are dreaming of their first Bundesliga triumph in a decade.

The Yellow and Blacks have, for the better part of the last decade, played second fiddle to Bayern Munich.

A victory at home against Mainz will ensure that Edin Terzic's men's Bundesliga dream becomes a reality.