FC Bayern struggled against FC Schalke in the Bundesliga, then two footballers who score quite often scored. And Jamal Musiala played like Jamal Musiala.
Serge Gnabry (38th minute) and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (52nd) scored the goals in FC Bayern’s 2-0 (1-0) win at FC Schalke 04. Jamal Musiala, 19, prepared both goals in his 100th competitive game for Bayern. Musiala is the youngest Munich player to reach this mark.
Bayern now have 34 points from 15 games, six more than pursuers RB Leipzig. However, on Sunday (11/13/2022) 1. FC Union Berlin and SC Freiburg will play against each other. Should there be a winner there, he would become Bayern’s first pursuer with 30 points.
They are spheres from which they are far away at Schalke. With only nine points, the club is bottom of the table in the long World Cup break.
Musiala, Gnabry, Tor
For almost half an hour, Bayern had some trouble with Schalke, they often looked for gaps in the defense, but couldn’t find any. Then came the 34th minute and a corner from Joshua Kimmich. Choupo-Moting ran in at the right moment and headed to the short corner, Schalke goalkeeper Alexander Schwolow deflected the ball to the post.
Four minutes later, Schwolow also had no chance when Gnabry shot from the edge of the box after a hoe from Jamal Musiala and hit the bottom left corner. For Gnabry, 27, it was the eighth goal of the season – and the sixth in the past six league games.
And then Choupo Moting. Choupo-Moting, of course
Of course, Choupo-Moting also scored later, he’s scoring quite regularly these weeks. After a free kick from Schalke, Bayern caught the ball and switched quickly. Musiala sprinted towards the penalty area and then played to the left, and the rest was routine for Choupo-Moting. Choupo-Moting, 33, has played 16 competitive games this season, scoring for the eleventh time. Choupo-Moting has never been better.
Of course, that also applies to preparer Musiala, but there is one difference: Choupo-Moting didn’t really expect him to play as well again. With Musiala it’s hard to imagine that he could make a bad game.
The trainer Julian Nagelsmann said on “Sky” that Musiala had “extremely lively feet, so snake legs” and anyway he has one “outstanding first half of the season” played. The statistics alone: in 14 Bundesliga games this season, Musiala has scored nine goals and provided seven assists. Can you do that?
Bayern to the top game in Leipzig
On Matchday 16, FC Bayern have to play away in Leipzig (Friday, January 20, 2023, from 8:30 p.m.). Schalke must pass Eintracht Frankfurt a day later (3:30 p.m.).