Three DFB stars meet
FC Bayern dismantles Leipzig at the end of the year
Updated 12/20/2024 – 10:26 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
FC Bayern ended the 2024 calendar year with a sense of success. The German record champions set off fireworks on the offensive against RB Leipzig.
With a furious 5-1 win (2-1) against RB Leipzig, FC Bayern consolidated their lead in the Bundesliga on Friday evening. At the end of the year, the Munich team initially celebrated a lightning goal from DFB star Jamal Musiala (1st minute). Leipzig immediately equalized through Benjamin Šeško (2nd), Konrad Laimer (25th) and national team captain Joshua Kimmich (36th) but then set the course for the home team to win again in the first half. With Leroy Sané, another DFB professional increased the result to 4-1 in the second round (75th). Alphonso Davies increased again for coach Vincent Kompany’s team (78th).
Thanks to their confident success in the table after 15 games, FC Bayern are now seven points ahead of the reigning champions and first pursuers Bayer Leverkusen. Should the “Werkself” lose against Freiburg on Saturday and Eintracht Frankfurt in third place not win its game against Mainz 05, Bayern would already be autumn champions. The remaining two games of the first half of the season will be played in January.
A goal from Harry Kane, who returned after a torn muscle fiber, wasn’t necessary for Bayern that evening. Three weeks after his torn muscle fiber, the Englishman underlined his great importance in the first few seconds without any warm-up time. The star striker forwarded the ball from Kimmich with a heel to Michael Olise, who served Musiala. The 21-year-old scored for the ninth time in the 13th league game of the season. Turbo starter Musiala scored even earlier against Kiel in the 6-1 win in September – after 14 seconds.
In contrast to FC Bayern, the guests, who dismantled the record champions 3-0 on Kane’s debut in the Supercup in Munich in the summer of 2023, acted timidly, timidly and in the end almost without resistance. There was very little of the former Leipzig DNA to be seen, apart from the equalizer with Šeško’s sixth goal of the season after preparatory work by Loïs Openda.
All-rounder Laimer, who was happy about the birth of his first child the day before the game, set the stage for Bayern’s next home win at the end of the year after playing well with Olise.
Kimmich’s 3-1 win was symptomatic of Leipzig’s poor defensive work. Musiala played to the Munich midfield boss, who also once played for RB, who made the break unchallenged from over 20 meters. Bayern were able to get over the fact that Kane failed to score in various shot attempts after missing four competitive games (16th/39th). Kane left the pitch after 86 minutes to applause from the Munich audience.
RB coach Marco Rose, who recently managed to turn the league season around with two wins in a row, reacted in the second half with a system change. He switched from a three-man to a four-man chain.
However, FC Bayern alone had the best chances, initially missing the early decision several times thanks to Minjae Kim, Musiala, Sané and Olise (50th). However, Bayern made the stark difference in performance between the two teams clear in the result.