Bayern 3-0 Union Berlin: Bayern Munich is again the leader in Germany. Union Berlin, the team that knocked Ajax out of Europe on Thursday, had nothing to say when visiting Julian Nagelsmann’s goal machine. The Bavrians thus broke a special limit.
After the European festivities, the eyes soon had to return to the duel with Bayern, because at the start of the game, the team of coach Urs Fischer was tied in points with the national champion, who had fallen to second place.
For Bayern, the task was clear. Only with a win would Borussia Dortmund be relieved as the leader again. Nagelsmann gave Matthijs de Ligt a starting place, while Daley Blind had to sit on the bench despite Dayot Upamecano’s suspension. There were also Ryan Gravanberch and Sadio Mané, who had recovered from his injury. With the visitors, Doekhi and Sheraldo Becker were in the base as usual.
The game image on the snowy field in Munich was then one-sided. Bayern was dominant, although that predominance was not initially converted into goals. Once the first goal fell, the fence was off. Three goals were scored in the last quarter of the first half. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting opened the ball on a pass from Kingsley Coman. With that nice header he knocked Doekhi in the air. That goal was already Bayern’s hundredth in official duels this season, making the German superpower the first team in the five major top leagues to pull off that trick.
Thomas Müller then awarded Coman and Jamal Musiala the 2-0 and the 3-0. The French attacker outplayed goalkeeper Frederik Rønnow and Musiala tapped in from close range. With this, the German talent celebrated his twentieth birthday.
Second half
After the break, Bayern switched back a notch. Mane still made his appearance as a substitute. It was the first game for the Senegalese attacker since he dropped out injured in November. As a result, he also missed the World Cup. Gravenberch and Blind remained on the bench for the entire game. At Union, Becker was replaced after more than an hour. There was no more scoring after the break.
Due to the victory, Bayern Dortmund is relieved as the leader again on the basis of goal difference. Union, which suffered its first defeat of the calendar year, is Germany’s number three three points away.
