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Bayern Munich crushed Schalke 8-0 with a hat-trick by Serge Gnabry and a magnificent debut by Leroy Sané in a sensational start to the new Bundesliga season.
The winning triples sent an ominous warning to the rest of the league when Gnabry scored his first goal in the fourth minute with a good spin and shot.
Schalke, without a league win since January, were defenseless against Bayern’s fast play and Leon Goretzka found plenty of room to take a low shot that passed goalkeeper Ralf Fährmann. Last season’s top scorer, Robert Lewandowski, found the net with a 31-minute penalty to become the first player to score in 10 straight games against the same Bundesliga opponents.
Gnabry then scored two goals from Sané’s assists after the break before Thomas Müller made six. Sané then capped off a magnificent Bayern debut with a fine shot from a counterattack before substitute Jamal Musiala drilled through goal number eight to become Bayern’s youngest goalscorer in the league at the age of 17. The England Under-17 international left Chelsea for Bayern last summer.
The one-sided victory extended Bayern’s unbeaten streak to 31 games this year, having won the last 22 matches in a row.
“You can see the team was already strong last season,” said Sané, who arrived from Manchester City. “The team is still hungry despite winning the treble last season and having such a start is extraordinary.”
Hansi Flick was delighted with his players’ start to the season less than a month after they beat PSG in the Champions League final. “It was great of us,” said the Bayern coach. “Before the game we wanted this to be a game that defines where we are at this stage and my players did very well. We wanted to show that this season we are here again ”.
Bayern’s victory took place in an empty Allianz Arena, after the city of Munich banned spectators due to rising coronavirus infection figures in the region.
