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Bayern Munich fall prey to Omar Marmoush time in thrilling draw

Eintracht Frankfurt's Omar Marmoush celebrates scoring against Bayern Munich. Uwe Anspach/picture alliance via Getty Images

It's the 94th minute of the game. There's a striker bearing down on goal with a chance to equalise, but facing up to Manuel Neuer in the opposition net. Who would you pick? Erling Haaland? Robert Lewandowski? Cole Palmer? Kylian Mbappe? Or in a twist, Harry Kane?

How about a striker who's been involved in more goals than all of them this season?

Eintracht Frankfurt know. Eintracht wouldn't pick anyone else. The club's scored 14 goals in six games this Bundesliga season and 86% of those (8G, 4A) have witnessed the involvement of Omar Marmoush.

And Marmoush did not disappoint. 3-3 in the 94th minute of the game, and Eintracht earned a famous point that kept them third in the Bundesliga table, a point behind leaders Bayern.

The previous 94 minutes of the game were also a microcosm of Bayern, Eintracht and Marmoush's seasons so far. Bayern are a dominant force under Vincent Kompany, and it was no different against Eintracht, their superiority paying off with a goal from a corner in the 15th minute from Kim Min-Jae. Seven minutes later, Eintracht were level with their first shot on goal - Ansgar Knauff spied Marmoush's clever run on the counter, and sprayed a clever diagonal that the Egyptian forward collected in his stride and finished off like a sniper, an unerring finish into the bottom corner.

Marmoush's combination of pace (he's been clocked at 35.8 km/h this season) and power were on full display in the 35th minute as his side took a shock lead. The Egyptian (who's also the most fouled player in the league) shrugged off the larger Dayot Upamencano with startling ease on the left wing and played a clever pass forward to striking partner, Hugo Ekitike, who made it 2-1.

It was typically unselfish play from Marmoush, something at odds with his scoring rate, but in keeping with his philosophy. "If there is a 30 percent chance that I will score a goal and my teammate has a better chance and is in a better position, then I will pass the ball so that we can score a goal as a team, not just Omar," he told the Bundesliga website.

While Eintracht are a side scoring 2.3 goals on average this Bundesliga season, they're also a club who've conceded 1.5 goals a game. With the wealth of Bayern's attacking talent, it was no surprise then, that they turned the game on its head, leading 3-2 in the 53rd minute via a lovely curling effort from Michael Olise.

Kompany's Bayern are still a bit naive however - after seeing off all of Eintracht's forays forward for the rest of the game, they attempted a pass forward down the left in the 94th minute. After a bit of a scramble the ball bobbled towards Bayern's high back-line and Kim was able to loop a header towards the centre-circle.

That was all Eintracht needed.

Marmoush let Kim move forward for that header, but ghosted in behind the Korean centre-back. A space opened up through the middle and Marmoush looked at Eric Ebimbe, and pointed. The Cameroonian faced up to a duel with Konrad Laimer for the ball in the centre-circle, and with no thought to his safety, leaped high and headed it right into the space Marmoush was pointing at.

Ebimbe landed awkwardly, but watched on gladly as Marmoush collected the ball ahead of three Bayern defenders - Kim, Eric Dier and Palhinha - who were converging on him. Ebimbe knew what was to follow. All the 58000 in the stands of the Waldstadion knew what was to follow.

Marmoush ran through on goal - the three Bayern defenders almost an afterthought - they'd never catch up to him. He even had time to slow down and compose himself as he ran into the box. Getting closer to Neuer would be foolish - the German keeper's large frame and 'starfish' saving patterns in one-on-one contests well known to any Bundesliga striker.

And so, Marmoush took the shot as soon as he ran into the box. A swipe of his right boot and the ball flashed past Neuer, nestling exactly in the bottom corner. 3-3 for Eintracht, eight goals in five consecutive Bundesliga games for Marmoush - a feat no striker in the club's 125-year-history ever managed.

The shirt came off, a familiar celebration of another famous Egyptian followed. This is Omar Marmoush's time.

It's no surprise that Marmoush has drawn interest from the likes of Arsenal and Liverpool. The latter might even look to replace one superstar Egyptian with another. And Marmoush has ambitions of emulating Mo Salah - "He [Salah] managed to become one of the three best players the world," the 25-year-old told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "That inspires me and it's something I also want to achieve."

On the evidence of six Bundesliga games this season, Marmoush is already well on his way to achieve that.