The game began with total domination from Bayern. They kept the ball, picked off Eintracht Frankfurt when they pressed, and had some attempts on goal.
Compared to his previous performances since his debut, Lukas was fairly quiet in the first 20 minutes of the first half. He had been so successful at receiving the ball, holding possession, and drawing the opponents' attention to himself before finding his free teammates with beautiful passes. But today, he was unable to do any of that.
So far, he hadn't held possession for up to five seconds without being forced to pass back to avoid being dispossessed — something he almost never had to do in his career so far.
Kimmich and Pavlović had him covered. The few times he had received the ball on the run, he had either been cleanly tackled off it or a shoulder-to-shoulder challenge by one of the two center backs saw him destabilized or sometimes even hit the ground.
In the 19th minute, Bayern punished him.
