In Adilettes, double goalscorer Leroy Sané shuffled to the fan curve with his Bayern colleagues. Led by the strong Sané, FC Bayern kept champions Bayer Leverkusen at bay with a playfully easy goal gala. With the 5:0 (3:0) against the discouraged and powerless TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, the autumn champions in the Bundesliga maintained their lead of four points over the double winner from the Rhine. «It’s a lot of fun. I think the fans see that too,” said Sané on Sat.1.
Sané (7th/48th minute), Raphaël Guerreiro (12th), Harry Kane (26th) with the continuation of his impressive series of penalties and Serge Gnabry (66th) had the Munich fans repeatedly chanting championship chants. «We are very satisfied. “It was a really good performance with a lot of enthusiasm and nice goals,” said sports director Christoph Freund on Sky in full English weeks for the Munich team. «It was important that we were able to achieve a clear result. It was fun.”
In front of 75,000 spectators in the Allianz Arena, the only question that arose early on was how much the star ensemble around Jamal Musiala, who returned as a late substitute, would win the first home game of the year. As coach Vincent Kompany warned before kick-off, his professionals used their chances more efficiently, unlike in the tough 1-0 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach.
However, Hoffenheim also made things extremely easy for the German record champions and remained winless in their ninth competitive game in a row. “It’s missing everywhere at the moment,” said 1899 midfielder Dennis Geiger on Sky. You are “in the middle” of the relegation battle. «You can’t sugarcoat anything. There’s nothing else the season is about.” He doesn’t have the feeling that everyone is leaving everything on the field.
Before the effective and lively Sané made his first appearance as man of the match, his teammate Thomas Müller gestured to give him advice on how to improve after a misplaced ball. Sané, whose contract expires at the end of the season, took the advice to heart and made it 1-0 after a somewhat fortunate one-two with Müller; his fourth goal of the season.
Sané came into his own better on the right wing, which was otherwise occupied by Michael Olise, than he did on the left side. The interaction with the Portuguese Guerreiro, who was called up as right-back instead of Konrad Laimer this time, also worked well. In the 2-0 win, however, Guerreiro did not benefit from Sané, but from a nice interaction with Kane.
-A little later, England’s national team captain once again demonstrated his expertise from the penalty spot. After Kevin Akpoguma received the ball against his hand, Kane converted a penalty for the 27th time in a row. All of his 18 penalties for Bayern were in the game. The guests had their defender Arthur Chaves to thank for the fact that it wasn’t already 4-0 at the break, who cleared a Müller header in front of the goal line (20th). “It felt like the game was over after 30 minutes,” said
Sané also opened the second half of the game with a goal after preparatory work by substitute Mathys Tel, who is fighting his way through Munich and doesn’t want to leave the club. It wasn’t just in this scene that one could feel sorry for TSG keeper Oliver Baumann at the place of his international debut.
The people in front of him, around the eager Bayern candidate Tom Bischof as the only bright spot, let the Munich team combine almost as they wished. On the other hand, captain Manuel Neuer also appeared as goalkeeper when he had to save a shot from Finn Becker (70th).
Hoffenhem’s coach Christian Ilzer, who had only won the premiere with Hoffenheim, had called for a “closed face” from his team before kick-off. There was nothing to be seen. In the first game of six games in 18 days, the Munich team continued to play loosely and easily. Substitute Gnabry increased the score to 5-0 in the highest Bundesliga home win under Kompany. Sané was replaced a short time later with much applause.
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