Bavarians did not break a sweat and managed to score four goals while conceding none at their Allianz Arena. Ever dominant Bayern controlled the match completely which is no surprise.Reigning Bundesliga champions were without their manager Julian Nagelsmann (Covid-19) so his assistant Dino Toppmoller sat in the dugouts. It made no difference – result-wise. It was just the matter of how many goals will Munich outlet score and thus collect new three points.First major chance for Bayern happened after 100 seconds and who else but Ballon d’Or candidate Robert Lewandowski. He received a brilliant pass but wasted a big opportunity as his shot from inside the penalty area flew narrowly wide of the left post.La máquina de Julian Nagelsmann. SÚPER BAYERN. pic.twitter.com/Syac53Dyhl— Invictos (@InvictosSomos) October 23, 2021 In the eight minute already, Bayern found the back of the net but Serge Gnabry’s goal was disallowed due to a foul just before the German winger’s shot.However, eight minutes after his outruled goal – Gnabry scored one that did count. A superb goal from great team play – Gnabry caught a good pass and fired an excellent low shot inside the right post. There was nothing Oliver Baumann could have done about it.Lewandowski did not have to wait too long to put his name on the score board. What a beauty that was in the 31st minute. Polish striker sent a marvelous shot from just outside the box to the top right corner.Lewa almost scored his second soon after but Baumann has other ideas and made a brilliant save in the 44th minute.Bavarians opened the second half with the same intensity. Jamal Musiala was close to scoring in the 52nd minute while Marcel Sabitzer was also inaccurate only a minute later.In the 72nd minute, we could see that there is in fact an opposing team on the pitch. Hoffenheim tried via Georginio Rutter – he picked up a perfect pass inside the box, made himself some space for a shot, but his effort went just over the crossbar.The one that boosted Bayern even more coming from the bench was Kingsley Coman. He had a great opportunity to score in the 75th minute but sent the ball too high.Nagelsmann positive for Covid, despite being fully vaccinatedAnother home team substitute – Cameroonian striker Maxim Choupo-Moting made a change on the pitch. He earned a corner for his team in the 82nd minute and was lucky enough for the ball to end up at his feet. His job was just to send the ball behind surprised Baumann, which he did ever so smoothly.Another disallowed goal for the hosts as Corentin Tolisso was offside when receiving the ball before the shot.But one more goal came to the Bavarians eventually. In the 88th minute Kingsley Coman showed some superb finishing. Dayot Upamecano played a fantastic through ball and found his countryman, who reacted quickly to get in front of the goalkeeper and fire a close-range shot into the right side of the goal.Bayern Munich sit lonely at the summit of Bundesliga, as they have collected three points more than this year’s league shockers Freiburg.BUNDESLIGA – ROUND 9FridayMainz – Augsburg 4-1 (3-0)/Onisiwo 10, Bell 15, Burkardt 26, 71 – Zeqiri 69/SaturdayRB Leipzig – Greuther Furth 4-1 (0-1)/Poulsen 46, Forsberg 53 pen, Szoboszlai 65, Novoa Ramos 88 – Hrgota 45 pen/Bayern – Hoffenheim 4-0 (2-0)/Gnabry 16, Lewandowski 30, Choupo-Moting 82, Coman 87/Bielefeld – Dortmund 1-3 (0-2)/Klos 87 pen – Can 31 pen, Hummels 45, Bellingham 72/Wolfsburg – Freiburg 0-2 (0-1)/Lienhart 27, Holer 68/19:30: (3.80) Hertha (3.60) M’ gladbach (2.05)Sunday16:30: (3.30) Koln (3.60) Leverkusen (2.25)18:30: (2.55) Stuttgart (3.30) Union Berlin (3.00)20:30: (3.25) Bochum (3.40) Eintr.Frankfurt (2.35)
