Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich moved 11
points clear at the top of the table with a routine 4-1
win over Cologne on Friday.
Bayern Munich extended their lead at the top of the
Bundesliga to 11 points with a
comfortable 4-1 victory over Cologne at the Allianz
Arena.
Pep Guardiola’s side had thumped Hamburg 8-0
and thrashed Paderborn 6-0 in their last two league
outings, and it looked as though Cologne were on
course for a similarly heavy defeat on Friday when
Bayern went two up inside 10 minutes.
Bastian Schweinsteiger headed in from a corner in
the third minute before Franck Ribery struck a fine
individual effort, and Cologne fans could have been
forgiven for fearing the worst.
However, the side with the second best away
record in the league – behind only Bayern – rallied
and halved the deficit through Anthony Ujah’s
header in first-half stoppage time.
Ujah had a golden chance to equalise shortly before
the hour, but Manuel Neuer produced a fine save to
preserve Bayern’s lead, and the hosts pulled two
goals clear again with Arjen Robben’s header
midway through the second period.
As Cologne pressed to get back into the game, they
left themselves open at the back and Robert
Lewandowski added a fourth with 15 minutes
remaining to cap yet another dominant performance
from the German champions.
Bayern applied early pressure and were in front
inside three minutes as Schweinsteiger – back in
the side as one of two changes – rose
unchallenged to power in Robben’s left-wing
corner.
And Bayern did not have to wait long to make it
two, as Ribery cut in from the left hand side and
arrowed a low shot into the bottom left-hand corner
from the edge of the box.
Another rout appeared to be on the cards but, on the
stroke of half-time, Cologne pulled one back as Ujah
leapt to head home Matthias Lehmann’s right-wing
cross.
points clear at the top of the table with a routine 4-1
win over Cologne on Friday.
Bayern Munich extended their lead at the top of the
Bundesliga to 11 points with a
comfortable 4-1 victory over Cologne at the Allianz
Arena.
Pep Guardiola’s side had thumped Hamburg 8-0
and thrashed Paderborn 6-0 in their last two league
outings, and it looked as though Cologne were on
course for a similarly heavy defeat on Friday when
Bayern went two up inside 10 minutes.
Bastian Schweinsteiger headed in from a corner in
the third minute before Franck Ribery struck a fine
individual effort, and Cologne fans could have been
forgiven for fearing the worst.
However, the side with the second best away
record in the league – behind only Bayern – rallied
and halved the deficit through Anthony Ujah’s
header in first-half stoppage time.
Ujah had a golden chance to equalise shortly before
the hour, but Manuel Neuer produced a fine save to
preserve Bayern’s lead, and the hosts pulled two
goals clear again with Arjen Robben’s header
midway through the second period.
As Cologne pressed to get back into the game, they
left themselves open at the back and Robert
Lewandowski added a fourth with 15 minutes
remaining to cap yet another dominant performance
from the German champions.
Bayern applied early pressure and were in front
inside three minutes as Schweinsteiger – back in
the side as one of two changes – rose
unchallenged to power in Robben’s left-wing
corner.
And Bayern did not have to wait long to make it
two, as Ribery cut in from the left hand side and
arrowed a low shot into the bottom left-hand corner
from the edge of the box.
Another rout appeared to be on the cards but, on the
stroke of half-time, Cologne pulled one back as Ujah
leapt to head home Matthias Lehmann’s right-wing
cross.
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