With this success, Vincent Kompany's men put pressure on Bayer Leverkusen, reigning German champions and which is seven points behind the Munich leader (36 against 29), before hosting Friborg on Saturday (6:30 p.m.). Leipzig (27) has nine points less, before the short three-week winter break.
In the absence of Harry KaneBayern 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 fourth in a cooled Allianz Arena (around 0°C) but as always full (75,000 spectators), the Bundesliga offered itself a first, since in addition 60 years of existence, both teams in a match scored for the first time before the end of the second minute.
When Jamal Musiala opened the scoring after just 29 seconds, Benjamin Sesko responded 64 seconds later, Loïs Openda taking the best of Kim Min-jae to overflow on the right side.
“Almost impossible to talk about football this evening”
But apart from this occasion, Bayern dominated the debates, 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 nice shot from 25 meters.
In the second half, the Munich team 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 achieve 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 shortened, 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.
“It's almost impossible to talk about football tonight, the people of Magdeburg are in our thoughts tonight. We won tonight, but I wish victories for peace next year,” said Bayern coach Vincent Kompany in a press conference reduced to a short statement.
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