MUNICH, Germany — Sublime performances from
forwards Jamal Musiala and Sadio Mane propelled
Bayern Munich back to the
Bundesliga summit with a 6–2 home romp against Mainz on Saturday.
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Both grabbed a goal each while Mane chipped in with
two assists, pushing Bayern two points clear at the top of the table, the first
time they have led the Bundesliga since August.
Serge Gnabry opened the scoring after just six
minutes, while teenager Musiala scored his seventh goal of the season in the
28th minute.
Mainz center-back Alexander Hack fouled Mane in the
box in the 40th minute. The former Liverpool striker took the penalty, and
while ‘keeper Robin Zentner saved Mane’s shot, the Senegalese pounced on the
rebound to put Bayern 3–0 ahead.
Mainz, who missed a 45th minute penalty, had another
brief glimmer of hope before the half-time break when Silvan Widmer heading in
from a corner, but Bayern midfielder
Leon Goretzka scored from a Mane cross in
the 58th minute to give Bayern an unassailable 4–1 lead.
French striker Mathys Tel, 17, and Eric Maxim
Choupo-Moting added goals for Bayern late on, while Mainz’s Marcus Ingvartsen
pounced on a mistake from Munich goalkeeper late to leave the final score at
6–2.
Bayern have now won six games in a row, scoring 25
goals since their last-minute 2–2 draw away at Dortmund in early October.
Elsewhere, RB Leipzig lifted themselves up to within
touching distance of the top four with a 2–0 win at home against Bayer
Leverkusen thanks to goals from Christopher Nkunku and Timo Werner.
Leverkusen have now won just one in six since former
Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso took over as
manager.
Wolfsburg thrashed a hapless Bochum 4–0 at home, in
the Wolves’ most dominant performance since being taken over by former Bayern
manager Niko Kovac in the summer.
In Saturday afternoon’s other match, Stuttgart
lifted themselves out of the bottom three with a 2–1 victory against Augsburg,
thanks to an injury time winner from Waldemar Anton.
The win was Stuttgart’s third in four games since
firing American manager Pellegrino Matarazzo.
In Saturday’s late
game, Dortmund travel to Eintracht Frankfurt.
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