At the start of the 17th matchday of the Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich won 4-0 (1-0) against VfL Wolfsburg. Thomas Müller (7th), Dayot Upamecano (57th), Leroy Sane (59th) and Robert Lewandowski (87th) gave the record champions victory at the end of the year. Müller scored his 134th goal in his 400th Bundesliga game and provided an assist, Lewandowski also cracked another record by Gerd Müller with 43 goals this calendar year.
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Kingsley Coman (torn muscle) and Niklas Süle (had already missed the final training) were missing from the starting line-up of Bayern’s game in Stuttgart, with Dayot Upamecano and Leroy Sane in the first team. That was the case for both of them last in round 15 against Mainz.
Fantasy Heroes: Dayot Upamecano (18 Punkte), Jamal Musiala (17), Thomas Müller (16)
Florian Kohfeldt brought John Anthony Brooks for the yellow-banned Jerome Roussilon. In addition, Yannick Gerhardt was back in the Bundesliga starting line-up for VfL Wolfsburg for the first time in a month, most recently on matchday 12 at 2-2 in Bielefeld.
Dayot Upamecano scored his first competitive goal for Bayern – via www.imago-images.de/imago images/ActionPictures
Müller crowns himself for the anniversary
For Thomas Müller it was the 400th Bundesliga game and right at the beginning the 32-year-old should give Bayern Munich the lead with his 134th goal: Sane pulled from 25 meters and forced VfL keeper Koen Casteels to parade, the could only bounce the ball forward. Müller was spot on and dusted off ice cold (1-0, 7th).
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With the restart, Wout Weghorst had the direct equalizer on the foot, but the Dutchman failed on the right on the five to Manuel Neuer (8th). That should have been VfL’s last offensive action for a long time, because FC Bayern completely took over the game and came up with more chances: Robert Lewandowski (11th, 29th) and Jamal Musiala (26th) had good opportunities to increase to 2-0.
The record champions made the game until the break, Wolfsburg at least had good moments in the attack thanks to two counterattacks, which Weghorst ended too hectically in the end.
Leroy Sane makes it 3-0 – via www.imago-images.de/imago images/MIS
Upamecano and Sane make everything clear
After the break, Bayern picked up on the first half and played purposefully forward. Sane had the first opportunity in the 49th minute, but missed the left post too much.
The record champions then made the preliminary decision within two minutes: First, Müller served Dayot Upamecano with a buttery cross, who only had to hold his head in front of the five-man and scored his first goal in a Bayern dress (2-0, 57th), then Sane made it 3-0 (59th) with a flick from the penalty area. Sane scored his eleventh competitive goal this season – one more at Christmas than in all of last season.
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Shortly before the end, Lewandowski put the lid on and set another historic record with the 4-0 in the 87th minute. The Pole scored 43 goals in his 34 Bundesliga games this calendar year. Gerd Müller had scored 42 goals in the 1972 calendar year.
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The win let Bayern celebrate one last time this year. With the three points, they expanded the points cushion to 43 points and were able to start the winter break without worries. Wolfsburg remained without a win in the sixth Bundesliga game.
Müller scores in his 400th Bundesliga game for Bayern – Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images
Player of the game: Thomas Müller
On the anniversary of his 400th Bundesliga game, Thomas Müller showed his usual repertoire, only scoring his 134th Bundesliga goal with his only shot on goal and then making his 13th assist this season (league top). With a strong 70 percent won duels, he rounded off his anniversary excellently.
