As expected, the Munich team, where coach Vincent Kompany had brought Laimer, Coman and Musiala for Guerreiro, Müller and Gnabry (all from the bench) after the sensitive 4-1 Champions League defeat at FC Barcelona, ​​quickly gave up on the pitch Sound on. The record champions stood tall, played with a willingness to take risks, as they did in Spain, and gained clear visual advantages.

Brave Bochum resident

However, there were initially no clear chances to score for the favorites. This was also due to VfL, who were present in the duels, closed the spaces well and, despite their defensive approach, initially acted courageously.

It was also the home team who had the first top chance of the party: Masovic left Broschinski on the move with a deep pass, who played the ball past Neuer as he rushed out, but was then denied by Kim, who hit the ball just in front of the line scratched away (8th).

Annoying decision

What was annoying for the Bochum team was an advantage interpretation by referee Florian Exner, who decided on a free kick because of a foul on Kane despite a Laimer long-range shot that Drewes had already parried: Olise then shot it over the wall from 18 meters and straight into the right corner.

Bochum didn't give up, continued to resist and even sniffed the equalizer via Broschinski (23') and Masovic (24') – but then Wittek gave Olise the next momentous standard: Kimmich brought the free-kick cross from the right corner of the box short, where Musiala, Back in the starting line-up for the first time after hip joint problems, ran through and made it 2-0 with a header (26th).

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Bochum is dismantling, Bavaria is determined

The second goal was an effective goal, because after that VfL clearly lost ground, while Munich controlled the ball and opponents more and more. Bayern kept opening up the game, let VfL run like that and ultimately took the deserved lead at the break confidently. The half-time lead could have been higher if Kane (30th) and Musiala (39th, 40th) had been a little more accurate.

VfL had won two of its last three home games against Bayern despite being behind (4:2 and 3:2), but in the meantime also conceded a 0:7. This Sunday in Bochum we were still a long way from such a spectacle – but that was about to change.

No mercy for the Revierklub

He also networked in Bochum: Harry Kane.
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The hosts made a real effort and resisted Bayern as best they could. Ultimately, they were taken apart by the record champions. The FCB acted cleverly, had no mercy and struck again after 57 minutes: Musiala excellently initiated Kane's 3-0 with an eye-catching pass.

That's not all, a little later, substitute Sané shot the ball from around 18 meters from the right into the far corner to make it 4-0 (65th), before Coman did the same and, no less impressively, into the far corner from the other side executed (71.).

Because Bochum's substitute Goretzka initially missed a Drewes (81') and then narrowly missed it (82'), Bochum didn't have to concede seven goals this time and it ultimately remained 5-0 in what was ultimately a one-sided duel between the first in the table the bottom of the table.

Because Bochum has already said goodbye to the DFB Cup, VfL, still without a win this season, will only be challenged again next Saturday (3:30 p.m.), then away to Eintracht Frankfurt. Bayern, on the other hand, have the next English week ahead of them: on Wednesday (8:45 p.m.) they'll be heading to Mainz in the second round of the cup, before things get serious at home against Union Berlin on Saturday (3:30 p.m.).