With goal debutant Nianzou: FC Bayern beats Union Berlin – Lewandowski increases to 31

Coman scores too

Spurred on by the new pressure from Borussia Dortmund in the title race, serial champions FC Bayern once again demonstrated their great offensive power in the Bundesliga. On Saturday evening, Munich defeated 1. FC Union Berlin, who were hapless and ineffective in the end, 4-0 (3-0). The leader thus increased the lead over BVB, who were only challenged on Sunday evening in Cologne, to seven points.

Artistic shooter Kingsley Coman (16th minute), first goal scorer Tanguy Nianzou (25th) and Robert Lewandowski (45th + 1), who is familiar with the penalty spot, clarified the question of who would win in the first half. In front of 37,000 spectators in the Allianz Arena, world footballer Lewandowski, who was slightly injured during the week, scored his 31st goal of the season right after the restart (47th). The 1935th Bundesliga game of Bayern, who surpassed Werder Bremen (1934) as the sole record holder, went according to plan after the last two draws.

Lewandowski zeros for the third: The Bundesliga top scorer list 21/22

16 Michael Gregoritsch (Augsburg) – 7 goals

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16 Max Kruse (Wolfsburg & Union) – 7 goals

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16 Rafael Borre (Eintracht Frankfurt) – 7 goals

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16 Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg) – 7 goals

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16 Alassane Plea (Gladbach) – 7 goals

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16 Leroy Sane (Bayern) – 7 goals

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16 Thomas Muller (Bayern) – 7 goals

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16 Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) – 7 goals

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16 Ihlas Bebou (Hoffenheim) – 7 goals

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12 Sebastian Polter (Bochum) – 8 goals

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12 Branimir Hrgota (Fuerth) – 8 goals

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12 Masaya Okugawa (Arminia Bielefeld) – 8 goals

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12 Jonas Hofmann (Gladbach) – 8 goals

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10 Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz 05) – 9 goals

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10 Marco Reus (BVB) – 9 goals

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8 Andre Silva (RB Leipzig) – 10 goals

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8 Serge Gnabry (Bayern) – 10 goals

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7 Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin) – 11 goals

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6 Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen) – 12 goals

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4 Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) – 15 goals

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4 Anthony Modeste (1. FC Koln) – 15 goals

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3 Erling Haaland (BVB) – 16 goals

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2 Patrik Schick (Bayer 04) – 20 goals

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1 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern) – 31 goals

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Union was beaten a bit below value: against the Bayern defense, which was reorganized after the failures of Niklas Süle (muscle fiber tear) and Benjamin Pavard (corona infection), there were several unused big chances in the first half in particular by the fast attacker Sheraldo Becker (6. ) and Taiwo Awoniyi (22nd). National goalkeeper Manuel Neuer also parried a shot from defender Robin Knoche with a great reflex (21′). It would have been 1:1.

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“We can show that a certain tension is good for us,” said Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann before kick-off. His eleven then showed up on the pitch before the two-week international break. Coman provided the initial spark: the Frenchman, known as “King”, moved defender Paul Jaeckel with a swift movement and fired brilliantly. His long-range shot surprised Andreas Luthe, who returned to the Union goal and, like Jaeckel, looked bad several times.

In the scene that led to the penalty, Jaeckel failed to return a header to Luthe, who had to run out of the goal and rammed Lewandowski. When 19-year-old Frenchman Nianzou in a FC Bayern jersey scored his first competitive goal, it was also Jaeckel who was unable to stop the Bayern defender from heading the ball after a corner by Joshua Kimmich.

When Bayern played their individual class, Union was defensively overwhelmed. National player Musiala drove the Munich game again and again with dribbling from midfield. He gave Lewandowski the 4-0 after the break. The goal festival whitewashed some of Munich’s defensive weaknesses. Nianzou did a good job overall, Süle representative Dayot Upamecano liked his core competence as a duel. But on the ball, the 23-year-old Frenchman also had a lack of concentration.

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