Pep Guardiola admitted Bayern Munich had a huge stroke of
luck after Thiago Alcantara secured a 2-1 victory at Stuttgart in the 93rd minute.
Bayern looked a shadow of their normal selves in the
opening 75 minutes of the Bundesliga game on Wednesday and could have been more
than the one goal behind.
Vedad Ibisevic opened the scoring for Stuttgart in the
29th minute with a poacher's goal from 10 yards, but the striker and Martin
Harnik both wasted further chances to double the home side's lead.
That cost them as substitute Claudio Pizarro levelled for
Bayern with 14 minutes remaining before Thiago's late acrobatic volley stole
the points and extended the defending champions' unbeaten Bundesliga run to 43
games.
Guardiola acknowledged his side were far from their best
and had some fortune with their late comeback.
"At the end we were lucky, it was a fantastic goal
and an incredible victory," he reflected.
"After the substitutions of Pizarro and (Mario)
Mandzukic we created more chances.
"Stuttgart played 30 minutes very good, were more
aggressive and won many battles. We had trouble finding our line."
Bayern's win moves them 13 points clear of Bayer
Leverkusen at the top of the Bundesliga and also means they have scored in each
of their last 28 away games in the league.
Culled from Soccerway
