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01/11 13:42 CST Bayern demolishes Wolfsburg 8-1 to go 11 points clear in
Bundesliga
Bayern demolishes Wolfsburg 8-1 to go 11 points clear in Bundesliga
By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
AP Sports Writer
Michael Olise scored twice as Bayern Munich started the new year by routing
Wolfsburg 8-1 with six second-half goals to move 11 points clear at the top of
the Bundesliga.
Olise, Harry Kane and Luis Daz picked apart the Wolfsburg defense on Sunday in
a display of dominance which leaves Bayern firmly on course to defend the title
in only the 16th game of the 34-game season.
Bayern coach Vincent Kompany was pleased his players didn't let up.
"It's these moments where it's five, six, 7-1, and they keep running, they keep
pressing and keep trying to score goals," he told broadcaster DAZN. "I have to
say, I like that."
In freezing temperatures for Bayern's first game since the winter break, Olise
got a brace and Kane and Daz one apiece, along with goals for substitutes
Raphael Guerreiro and Leon Goretzka, and two Wolfsburg own-goals.
Bayern only had two nervous moments all game. The first was Dzenan Pejcinovic's
goal for Wolfsburg in the 13th, which leveled the score at 1-1 after right back
Konrad Laimer missed an interception.
The other was a brief injury scare for Kane, who needed treatment after being
caught on the ankle by defender Moritz Jenz midway through the first half but
was soon back in action.
It was Bayern's biggest margin of victory in a Bundesliga game since Kompany
took over ahead of the 2024-25 season. His team has scored a remarkable 63
goals in 16 league games this season, nearly four per game, and conceded only
12.
Bayern hasn't lost a Bundesliga game since March and remains the only unbeaten
team in any of Europe's five biggest leagues. Wolfsburg is 14th, three points
above the relegation zone, as a troubled season hits a new low.
Bayern's closest rivals all had difficulties this weekend as second-place
Borussia Dortmund drew 3-3 with Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen lost 4-1
to Stuttgart and Leipzig's game was postponed due to snow.
Also Sunday, United States full back Joe Scally scored his first goal since
2023 as Borussia Moenchengladbach beat Augsburg 4-0. Gladbach moved up two
places to 10th after winning at home for only the second time this season.
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