Bayern Munich started the new year by defeating Wolfsburg 8-1 with Michael Olisse scoring twice and scoring six goals in the second half, giving them an 11-point lead at the top. Bundesliga.
Bayern are firmly on track to defend their title in just 16 of 34 games of the season, with Olise, Harry Kane and Luis Diaz showing their dominance by tearing apart Wolfsburg’s defense on Sunday.
Bayern coach Vincent Kompany was pleased with how his players kept their guard up.
“At this moment, 5, 6, 7-1, they keep running, keep pressing, keep trying to score,” he told broadcaster DAZN. “I have to say, I like it.”
In Bayern’s first match after the winter break, played in sub-zero temperatures, Olise scored twice, Kane and Dias each scored, substitutes Rafael Guerreiro and Leon Goretzka scored goals, and Wolfsburg also scored two own goals.
There were only two tense moments for Bayern in the whole match. The first goal was scored by Dženan Pežinovic in the 13th minute for Wolfsburg, who leveled the score at 1-1 after right-back Konrad Reimer missed an interception.
The other was a temporary injury scare for Kane. Kane needed treatment midway through the first half after his ankle was caught by defender Moritz Jentz, but he quickly returned to action.
This was Bayern’s biggest margin of victory in a Bundesliga match since Kompany took over for the 2024-25 season. His side have scored an astonishing 63 goals in 16 league games this season, scoring almost four goals per game and conceding just 12 goals.
Bayern have not lost in the Bundesliga since March, making them the only unbeaten team in Europe’s top five leagues. Wolfsburg are in 14th place, three points above the relegation zone, at the end of a difficult season.
Bayern’s closest rivals struggled this weekend as second place Borussia Dortmund tied 3-3 Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen lost 4-1 Stuttgart vs Leipzig match postponed Because of the snow.
Wolfburg’s American midfielder Kevin Paredes came on in the 77th minute, his first game of the season after recovering from injury. foot surgery In August.
Also on Sunday, U.S. full-back Joe Scully scored his first goal since 2023 as Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated Augsburg 4-0. Gladbach picked up their second home win of the season, moving up two places to 10th.
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