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Kostic picked up the ball on the edge of the box, charged
forward and beat goalkeeper Manuel Neuer with a powerful low
drive to seal Eintracht's first win of the season and snap
Bayern's nine-game winning run in all competitions.
The Bavarians had only themselves to blame for not killing off
the game earlier with a string of golden chances but remain top
of the table with 16 points, ahead on goal difference of Bayer
Leverkusen, who crushed Arminia Bielefeld 4-0 with two goals
from Czech striker Patrik Schick.
Borussia Dortmund and Freiburg are a point behind in third and
fourth respectively.
"Defeats always hurt," Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann said.
"Today that was the case as well. Firstly because it was our
first defeat and secondly because it was completely avoidable.
"We did not do some things right just like we had done in the
past weeks. The opponents before did not take advantage of it
but today we were punished.
"We had a lot of chances to score our own goals."
Eintracht, whose last league victory in Munich was in 2000
before the Allianz Arena was even built, are on eight points in
13th place.
The home side took the lead when Leon Goretzka benefited from a
Martin Hinteregger mistake to score in the 29th minute.
The Austrian defender, part of a five-man Frankfurt defence,
quickly made amends by powering a header into the net for the
equaliser three minutes later.
Both teams had a chance to take the lead before the break with
Eintracht's Almamy Toure forcing a superb save from Neuer in the
43rd minute and Bayern's Serge Gnabry hitting the post from
close range a minute later.
Eintracht keeper Kevin Trapp was kept busy in the second half,
repeatedly denying Gnabry, Leroy Sane and Robert Lewandowski as
the hosts pushed forward in search of the winner.
Bayern were punished for their missed opportunities though when
Eintracht scored what proved to be the winner against the run of
play through Kostic before Trapp made another key save in
stoppage time to palm a Goretzka shot wide.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Ken Ferris and Clare
Fallon)
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