Bayern Munich won quite clearly against Hoffenheim (3-0) this Friday, thanks to a double from Jamal Musiala and a goal from Harry Kane, his twenty-second this season in the Championship, which keeps him comfortably in top of the scorers’ table. His team is getting closer to that of the Bundesliga, coming within one point of Bayer Leverkusen.
Above all, it showed that the winter break had not diminished its formidable effectiveness even if it crossed two minutes, from the 63rd to the 65th, during which Manuel Neuer, twice (63rd, 64th), then the crossbar (65th) spared him a more complicated end to the match.
22 goals for Kane
At that time, the Bavarians were leading 1-0, after Musiala opened the scoring with a cross shot from an impossible angle (18th). They then had a few opportunities to add to the score but, due to a lack of precision or concentration, they failed in the last move. It was again Musiala who then made the difference in Bayern’s rare weak time, first eliminating two defenders following a delicious double contact, and taking Leroy Sané’s cross with one touch (70th) .
Hoffenheim finished the match outnumbered after the expulsion of Grisha Prömel (74th). Eleven minutes later, Kane, served by Leon Goretzka, scored with a left strike (85th) his twenty-second goal in the Championship, the twenty-sixth in all competitions. French strikers Kingsley Coman and Mathis Tel came on at the end of the match (73rd), the second seeing his shot deflected off the post in added time.
