FC Bayern completed the best first half of the season in history in Cologne. One star presents itself in monster mode, another like in the Matrix. The individual criticism.
Vincent Kompany took a deep breath and showed the winning fist. The path to becoming the best autumn champion in Bundesliga history was more difficult than expected for FC Bayern, so there was pure relief in the camp of the German record champions after the 3-1 (1-1) win at 1. FC Cologne. “The record feels very good. It was an important victory against a difficult opponent,” said national player Serge Gnabry on RTL.
Gnabry (45th + 5th), Min-Jae Kim (71st) and Lennart Karl (84th) scored for Munich. Gnabry made the physically impossible possible with his world-class goal from an acute angle. Kim crowned his overall strong performance with the header to make it 2-1. The South Korean also earned the top rating in t-online’s individual review. You can read how the other Bayern stars fared here or in the photo show below.
Bayern finished the first half of the season with 47 points and a significantly better goal difference compared to the old record in the 2013/14 season under star coach Pep Guardiola. The eleven points lead over BVB after the first half of the season is also a league record.
Linton Maina initially gave Cologne the lead and made them dream of a surprise (41′), goalkeeper Manuel Neuer didn’t look good. FC, who have not won in eight games, have a groundbreaking duel against the 16th in the table on Saturday (3:30 p.m./Sky) at the start of the second half of the season. FSV Mainz 05. The lead over a direct relegation spot is now only five points after the poor result.