Champions Bayern Munich beat visiting Werder Bremen 6-1 on Tuesday with a brilliant first-half performance to take a four-point lead at the top of the table. Bayern's fifth consecutive league win, which included a hat-trick from Serge Gnabry, equaled the Bundesliga record for longest streak unbeaten against a side, with Bayern going 26 league games unbeaten against Werder.
They also have the second best offense in Bundesliga history with 47 goals in 14 games, down one goal from the 1976/77 season at the same time. Fully fit Germany international Jamal Musiala, who fans are hoping will be just as effective at the World Cup later this month, showed superb composure as he collected the ball in the sixth minute, dodging an opponent and using the left foot completed. It was the 19-year-old's ninth league goal this season as Bayern took on Werder for a record 111th Bundesliga run.
The visitors struck back just four minutes later when Anthony Jung saved goalkeeper Manuel Neuer with a low shot, but the pressure from Bayern was unrelenting, even after Senegalese international Sadio Mane had to leave the field injured after 20 minutes. They went on to score three goals in six dizzying minutes to end the game. Gnabry fired a superb shot in the 22nd minute before his Germany international Leon Goretzka repeated it four minutes later.
A perfect assist from Leroy Sane as Werder failed to stop Bayern runs in the middle. Sane should have scored himself early in the second half but he hit the post with goalkeeper Jiri Pavlenka to win as Bayern gradually relaxed.
Gnabry scored his hat-trick in the 82nd after passing four Werder players before young France international Mathys Tel scored a half-dozen goals for Bayern with a solo two minutes later. Bayern are now four ahead with 31 points. Second in the table Freiburg will play at RB Leipzig on Wednesday. The Union, which faces Augsburg, is third with 26.
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