Bayern Munich returned to their winning track with a 4-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the eighth round of the Bundesliga on Friday, thanks to goals from Leroy Sane, Jamal Musiala, Sadio Mane and Thomas Muller.
The German giants made a fairy-tale debut on home soil and opened the scoring with only three minutes left as Musiyla’s defence-splitting pass found Sane, who beat goalkeeper Lukas Herdecky with a deflected shot from inside the box. .
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Leverkusen failed to gain a foothold in the clash, while Bayern scored two goals in the 17th minute as Moussiyala recorded his name on the scoreboard, Xinhua news agency reported. “Workself” eventually showed signs of life at the half-hour mark as Moussa Diaby forced Bayern’s mentor Manuel Neuer into action before Robert Andrich advanced on goal from a promising position.
Bayern showed no mercy in front of the goal and tripled their advantage just before the break as Mane had full time and space to drill the ball from the edge of the box into the bottom right corner.
The German record champion remained on the front foot after the restart, but Herdecky was on guard to deny Mane and Matthijs de Ligt in quick succession.
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Mane thought he had snatched a double strike, but the referee disallowed his goal in the 56th minute due to a foul by teammate De Ligt.
Leverkusen got their best and last chance in the 64th minute when substitute Amin Adli could not beat Neuer face to face.
Things went from bad to worse in the closing stages, as Heradeki threw the ball inside the box, giving Müller a 4–0 victory in the 84th minute beyond doubt.
“It’s an important win for us. We performed satisfactorily. The opening goal came in our hands and we defended well. We wanted to keep a clean sheet and that’s what we did,” said Bayern Munich head coach Julian Nagelsmann.
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