Bayern Munich won the Bundesliga title again with a 4-2 victory over Stuttgart on Sunday.
Harry Kane scored his league-leading 32nd goal of the season after coming on as a substitute in the second half, but Bayern should have scored more against a dominant Stuttgart defense.
With this victory, Bayern now has an absolute lead over second-place Borussia Dortmund by 15 points with four rounds remaining in the German league. Bayern needed one more goal to secure the title Dortmund lose to Hoffenheim The day before.
For Bayern, this is the 35th German Championship, a record that includes the club’s first victory in 1932. All other titles have been won since the creation of the Bundesliga in 1963.
Stuttgart’s Chris Fürich angered the home side with his first goal in the 21st minute, but Bayern’s Rafael Guerreiro, Nicholas Jackson and Alphonso Davies hit back with goals in the first six minutes.
Spaniard Chema scored Stuttgart’s second goal in the 88th minute.
refrain from celebrating
Bayern players lined up in front of the fans, but there was no traditional beer shower that usually accompanies a league victory.
The Bundesliga is just the first of a potential trophy treble for Bayern this season. Bavaria’s strong team will play away to Bayer Leverkusen in the German Cup semi-finals on Wednesday, before playing defending champions Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League semi-finals.
Immediately after the match started, the atmosphere was quiet. There were reports of clashes between Bayern and Stuttgart fans before the game, with some missing the game altogether.
Bayern coach Vincent Kompany made eight changes to his squad for Wednesday’s Champions League match against Real Madrid, leaving Manuel Neuer, Kane, Michael Olise, Dayot Upamecano and Aleksandar Pavlovic on the bench.
surge Gnabry out due to thigh injury I was trained the day before.
Kompany said: “We were very unlucky. We only had to take a penalty shot.”
According to statistics provider Opta, 23-year-old Jamal Musiala is the second-youngest Bayern player to reach 150 Bundesliga appearances, after Uli Hoeness, who is 11 days younger.
Musiala beat two defenders on the left and opened the scoring in the 31st minute with a cross from Guerreiro, before Luis Diaz unselfishly slotted Nicholas Jackson in for Bayern’s second goal after a mistake by Finn Jertsch left three attackers facing one Stuttgart defender.
Four minutes later, Alphonso Davies scored on a deflected shot.
Kompany dropped Musiala and Diaz during the break and replaced them with Olise and Kane.
Kane’s goal – Bayern’s 51st of the season in all competitions – gave the team momentum Bundesliga season goal record The previous record was 101 goals, set by Bayern’s 1971-72 team that featured Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller.
“It’s very special,” midfielder Joshua Kimmich said. “This season in particular, including today’s game, is a very good season in the Bundesliga. To come here after the game against Madrid and play a game like this is not normal.”
Other results
Freiburg, who are advancing to the Europa League semi-finals, defeated bottom-place Heidenheim 2-1 with two deflected shots.
Johan Manzambi scored with a deflected shot in the first half, Budu Zivzivadze gave the visitors hope in the 59th minute with a brilliant shot into the top left corner, before Maximilian Eggestein added with a deflection and scored the winning goal late on.
This loss ended Heidenheim’s three-game unbeaten streak, leaving them with a seven-point difference with St. Pauli and remaining in the relegation play-off area with four league games remaining. Heidenheim host St. Pauli next weekend.
Freiburg reached the Europa League semi-finals with a 3-1 win over Celta Vigo on Thursday. The first leg will be played away to Sporting Braga on April 30th.
Borussia Mönchengladbach hosted Mainz late on Sunday.
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