Completely in control against promoted Sankt Pauli, Bayern Munich logically won 1-0 this Saturday afternoon, continuing its almost faultless run in the German championship after ten days with eight victories and two draws.
With 26 points out of 30 possible, the Bayern occupies the comfortable chair of leader of the Bundesliga, with six points ahead of its first pursuer, the RB Leipzig (20) who receives in the evening (6:30 p.m.) the Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Less than 72 hours after his victory against the Benfica in the Champions League at home, the Bayern once again relied on his offensive player Jamal Musiala. Author of the header of the winning goal against the Lisbonites, the young nugget of German football (21 years old) took his chance from afar on Saturday.
The German international collected the ball 30 meters from the opponent's goal, advanced a meter and unleashed a shot that lodged just below the goalkeeper's crossbar. Saint Pauli.
“I didn't know I could have such a strike either. We practiced a bit in training and I'm glad she came home. We don't practice shooting from that far, but it's something I can improve on, shooting from far away from the chest“, slipped She had to at the broadcaster's microphone Sky.
He has scored six goals in the last five matches of the Bayernincluding a hat-trick in the Cup Mainz and three headed goals, proving decisive after a hip injury at the start of October which deprived him of four matches (two with the selection and two with the Bayern).
The Munich players missed a few opportunities to take cover, notably at the end of the match by Leroy Sané (80th), Musiala (87th) or Harry Kane (90th). However, they did not really tremble against a team of Saint Pauli extremely defensive and deprived of the ball.
In northern Germany, the men of Vincent Kompany scored a fifth victory in all competitions without conceding a goal, which had never happened before in Bayern since spring 2020. In the Bundesliga, this is the fourth success without conceding a goal, a first in almost six years (December 2018).
Behind the Bayern et Leipzigthe Bayer Leverkusen failed to maintain its meager advantage on the lawn of Bochumbottom red, and conceded the draw (1-1) in the 89th minute.
With this new poor performance, the reigning German champion is now nine points behind the Bayernleaving too many points along the way (one defeat and now five draws).
A point behind Leverkusenand therefore a delay of ten points on the Bayern (16 against 26) after ten days, Dortmund once again sank far from its Westfalenstadion, beaten at Mainz 3 to 1.
Perfect at home (five victories), the Borussia lost four times in five trips in the Bundesliga and took just one point away. The captain of the BVB Emre Can did not make the task easier for his teammates by taking a red card in the 26th minute.
