BAYERN Munich suffered its heaviest defeat in the German Cup on Wednesday when the star-studded team was thrashed 5-0 at Borussia Moenchengladbach. “I’m absolutely shocked. We simply didn’t turn up,” Bayern sports director Hasan Salihamidzic told ARD. “We let ourselves be outplayed in every situation — a collective blackout.” Full-strength Bayern conceded the first goal after just 71 seconds and was 3-0 down with 21 minutes played as Gladbach made a lightning start. It was the first time in 27 years that Bayern has conceded so many goals so early in any competition. Bayern crashed to its heaviest German Cup defeat, eclipsing a 5-1 quarterfinal defeat at Cologne in 1972. “From time to time, you dream of something like this, but you don’t believe it will become reality,” Gladbach sports director Max Eberl told ARD. “That was an awesome performance.” French midfielder Kouadio Kone grabbed his first goal for Gladbach with barely a minute gone, then Algerian defender Ramy Bensebaini and Swiss striker Breel Embolo both scored twice. This is the second time in consecutive seasons Bayern has been dumped out of the cup in the second round having lost at Holstein Kiel last January after a penalty shootout. Bayern head coach Julian Nagelsmann was missing as he remains in isolation at home after testing positive for the coronavirus. (SD-Agencies) | 