Three weeks after his muscle tear in his right thigh, Harry Kane resumed his place at the heart of the Munich attack on Friday evening, and Bayern regained their control by dominating RB Leipzig (5-1) at the opening of the 15th. Bundesliga day. With this success, Vincent Kompany's men put pressure on Bayer Leverkusen, reigning German champion and who are seven points behind the Munich leader (36 against 29), before hosting Friborg on Saturday (6:30 p.m.). Leipzig (27 pints) has nine units less, before the short three-week winter break.
In the absence of Harry Kane, Bayern had dropped two points to Dortmund (1-1), were eliminated in the round of 16 of the Cup by Leverkusen and conceded their first defeat this season in the league at Mainz last week (2- 1). For his return, the captain of the English selection played 87 minutes, and came out to the ovations of the Munich public.
For this poster at the top of the German championship between the first and the 4th, in a cooled Allianz Arena (around 0°C) but as always full (75,000 spectators), the Bundesliga offered itself a first, since 'in more than 60 years of existence, for the first time both teams in a match scored before the end of the 2nd minute.
When Jamal Musiala opened the scoring after just 29 seconds, Benjamin Sesko responded 64 seconds later, with Loïs Openda getting the better of Kim Min-jae to overflow down the right side.
But apart from this occasion, Bayern dominated the proceedings and quite logically took control of the match in the 25th minute through Konrad Laimer, the Austrian concluding a one-two with Michael Olise with a left-footed volley. The Frenchman, more at ease on Friday than in previous weeks, had already served the decisive pass for Musiala.
And in the 36th minute, Joshua Kimmich (captain in the absence of Manuel Neuer), all alone 30 meters from the Leipzig goal, was able to control and advance to leave no chance for Peter Gulacsi with a beautiful strike from the 25 meters.
In the second half, the Munich players continued their domination but failed several times to kill any suspense, Leroy Sané (53rd and 66th) and Olise (58th, 72nd) not finding the target, while Kane found Gulacsi on the trajectory (67th). They finally put on a show in the last quarter of an hour with Sané (75th) and Alphonso Davies (78th) to secure a controlled victory, the eleventh of the season for three draws and one defeat.
The small ceremony that the Munich club traditionally offers its supporters before Christmas was cut short, reduced to the song “Stille Nacht” (“Silent Night”), due to the events of the evening in Magdeburg, where a car rammed into the crowd at a Christmas market. The authorities, who speak of an attack, reported at the end of the evening at least two deaths and dozens of injured. A minute of silence was observed in the Allianz Arena.
