Bayern Munich reclaimed the top spot in the Bundesliga with a decisive 5-0 victory over Bochum on Sunday. This win came after a tough 4-1 loss to Barcelona in the Champions League midweek.
RB Leipzig had temporarily topped the table on Saturday with a 3-1 win over Freiburg, but Bayern’s triumph on Sunday brought them back to the summit on goal difference. Five different players scored for Bayern in the match.
“It’s fun to score goals,” said Jamal Musiala to DAZN. He added, “We can be happy today — and take the rhythm and flow with us in the next few games.”
Bayern’s performance under new coach Vincent Kompany had been inconsistent, with the team winning only one of their last six matches in all competitions prior to this game. Reflecting on the recent loss, Musiala said, “It was hard to take and it hurt. We have to look ahead — it’s still early in the season.”
Bochum had an early chance when Moritz Broschinski outpaced Minjae Kim and got the ball past Manuel Neuer, but his shot lacked power and was cleared off the line by Kim.
Bayern took the lead with a free kick from Olise that found the net after Bochum’s goalie, Patrick Drewes, was out of position. Musiala doubled the lead 10 minutes later with a header from a Joshua Kimmich free kick.
In the second half, Bayern added three more goals. Harry Kane scored his ninth goal in eight league games, followed by goals from Leroy Sane and Kingsley Coman.
“Bayern simply showed their quality,” said Bochum’s Maximilian Wittek. With this result, Bayern sits at the top on goal difference, while Bochum remains at the bottom with just one point from eight games.
In other matches, Union Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt played to a 1-1 draw. Union’s Benedict Hollerbach equalized after Mario Goetze’s opening goal for Frankfurt. Union had a potential winning goal disallowed by VAR for offside, which Hollerbach criticized as “scandalous.”
Heidenheim will host Hoffenheim later on Sunday in the final match of the round.