Leroy Sane let out his anger in Bayern Munich’s 3-0 defeat against Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday by punching a camera inside the goal out of its mount.
The reigning Bundesliga champions were dealt a huge blow in the title race as Xabi Alonso’s side established a five-point lead at the top of the table and maintained their unbeaten run.
Bayern missed out on the chance to leapfrog their title rivals as they slumped to a heavy defeat that leaves Harry Kane’s chances of silverware at the German giants hanging by a thread.
Josip Stanisic – who is on loan at Leverkusen from Bayern – opened the scoring before Alex Grimaldo added a second at the start of the second half.
Leroy Sane was fuming as he lined up a punch at a camera in the net after Bayern Leverkusen scored their third goal in Saturday’s 3-0 win
Sane and his Bayern Munich team-mates were fuming as they slumped to a disappointing defeat
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Bayern desperately pushed for a goal to reduce the deficit in stoppage time with goalkeeper Manuel Neuer going up for a corner in the game’s closing minutes.
The hosts cleared the set-piece to give Jeremie Frimpong a chance to shoot into an open-net and following a marauding run the 23-year-old finished from a tight angle with Sane back-tracking to try and stop the shot.
The former Manchester City winger fumed as the ball nestled in the back of the net and unleashed his anger by first booting the ball before turning to attack the camera mounted in the goal.
The camera Sane punched dropped to the floor and was left skewed on its side
The 28-year-old struggled to make an impact against a resolute Leverkusen side
Close-up footage shows Sane staring into the camera before raising his right-fist and smashing the device off its frame and tumbling to the floor.
Sane endured a miserable afternoon against Leverkusen as he partnered Kane and Jamal Musiala in an attack that failed to mount any serious threat against the hosts defence.
The 28-year-old wasn’t the only Bayern player to lose their temper after the humiliating defeat, with veteran forward Thomas Muller admitting that he was ‘p****d off’ with their performance.
Team manager Thomas Tuchel was also left fuming as he questioned why on-loan star Stanisic was allowed to play against his parent club in the title contender clash.