MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) -Bayern Munich struck twice in the second half to beat bottom club Hertha Berlin 2-0 on Sunday and retake the lead in the Bundesliga with four matches remaining.
Goals from Serge Gnabry and Kingsley Coman helped the Bavarians take advantage of Borussia Dortmund's draw at VfL Bochum on Friday to leapfrog them into top spot on 62 points. Dortmund are on 61 in second place. Union Berlin are third on 56 points along with fourth-placed Freiburg.
"At the moment I have the feeling that everyone wants and everyone is aware of the fact that we as a team need to step it up a notch," said Tuchel, who took over in late March from Julian Nagelsmann. "That had been missing a bit. Sometimes need a bit of fire, today we needed calm because I had the feeling that everyone was prepared," he said.
The Bavarians should have been in front after 45 minutes but Sadio Mane and Benjamin Pavard both narrowly missed the target and Hertha keeper Oliver Christensen pulled off outstanding saves to deny Gnabry and Coman from close range.
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