First with shine, then with half power: FC Bayern reacted impressively to the victories of the competition at the weekend. And he even managed to do something that he had never before achieved in his glorious Bundesliga history.
Cologne (dpa) - It was masterly for a long time: with an impressive demonstration of strength and a historic lightning start, FC Bayern regained the top position in the Bundesliga after only 24 hours.
The Munich team won 4-1 (3-0) at 1. FC Köln, who had previously won four times in a row at home, and sent FC FC into the Carnival week with a clear defeat. The team of trainer Hansi Flick snatched the league leaders back from Leipzig, who jumped to the top on Saturday. In the second half, the Munich team saved their energy and gave the bravely fighting Cologne a few chances.
Unimpressed by the clear victories of their rivals Leipzig (3-0 against Bremen), Dortmund (4-0 against Frankfurt) and Mönchengladbach (4-1 in Düsseldorf), the Munich team gave themselves a 3: 0 lead with the self-image of an upcoming champion after just eleven minutes the foundation stone for success. With the lightning start, the Bavarians quickly robbed Cologne's carnival jerseys of any illusion of a sensation five days before Women's Fast Night.
Robert Lewandowski with his 23rd goal of the season (3rd minute), Kingsley Coman in the starting XI comeback after a two-month injury break (5th) and Serge Gnabry (12th) shot the fastest 3-0 away lead in FC Bayern's glorious Bundesliga history out. Gnabry followed up (66.), Cologne was hit by Mark Uth (70.). According to his templates for 1: 0 and 2: 0, Thomas Müller now also has 14 assists in this Bundesliga season, and no one has been able to do this since the precise data collection was introduced in 2004.
On the one hand, the two most successful clubs of the last seven match days met in front of 50,000 spectators in the sold-out RheinEnergieStadion - even though the Cologne derby in Mönchengladbach had been canceled the previous week due to the storm depth Sabine. However, a statistic showed how big the difference was: Lewandowski and Müller scored almost exactly five times as many Bundesliga goals before the kick-off than the entire starting eleven of FC (339: 68). After 128 seconds, Lewandowski set the ratio with an angle shot to exactly 5: 1.
Exactly 4:44 minutes were played when Coman followed up. The game was decided, at the latest after Gnabrys 3-0 with a right-footed shot into the lower right corner. The FC seemed paralyzed, the Munich team was only marginally back. There were more hits in the air than just a cross shot from Gnabry (29th) and a goal from Joshua Kimmich (37th). 18: 1 shots on goal for the guests showed the statistics at the break.
Bayern finally took it slowly, but even small joys were initially taken away from FC: Two goals from Jhon Cordoba, who had scored in six home games in a row before, were denied for offside (46./55.), The first of which based on video evidence. Even after Gnabry's solo to 4: 0, the Cologne fought on, were rewarded by Uth and celebrated by the fans.
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