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Bayern crushes Dortmund to reclaim top spot
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 07 - 04 - 2019

Champion Bayern Munich dismantled Bundesliga title rival Borussia Dortmund 5-0 Saturday, scoring four goals in a flawless first half to reclaim top spot and get back on course for a record-extending seventh straight league crown.
The Bavarians exploded into action and scored twice in the opening 17 minutes through Mats Hummels and Robert Lewandowski, adding two more from Javi Martinez and Serge Gnabry before the interval.
Lewandowski's strike meant the Polish forward became only the fifth player in Bundesliga history to reach the 200-goal mark and the first foreigner to do so.
The host, which drew 1-1 at Freiburg last week, stepped off the gas after the break and controlled the game before Lewandowski scored again in the 89th minute and Bayern moved up to 64 points with six matches remaining, one point clear of Dortmund.
"We put them instantly under pressure. We wanted to attack them early and we overran them," Bayern coach Niko Kovac said. "It was exactly what we had set out to do. We may have had some slip-ups this season but that happens. There were many critics of this team and that is why I am really happy for my players today."
Kean strikes again for Juve
Teenage striker Moise Kean struck again to give Juventus a late 2-1 win over AC Milan after their opponents had taken the lead and dominated most of the match Saturday.
The 19-year-old, who suffered alleged racist abuse after scoring at Cagliari on Tuesday, came off the bench to score his fifth goal in his last five league appearances to move Juve ever closer to an eighth successive Serie A title.
Juve is 21 points clear at the top and they will wrap up the title with seven games to spare if second-placed Napoli loses at home to Genoa Sunday.
Fourth-placed Milan has taken one point out of its last 12 and will be knocked out of the top four if Atalanta, which is one point behind it, wins at Inter Milan Sunday.
Leonardo Bonucci's pass out of defense was intercepted by Tiemoue Bakayoko and he fed the ball to Piatek who slotted past Wojciech Szczesny for his 21st league goal of the season.
Juventus was making little headway until they won a penalty following a clumsy challenge by Mateo Musacchio on Paulo Dybala, who converted the spot kick himself on the hour.
The winner was similar to Milan's goal as Miralem Pjanic, another substitute, intercepted a pass out of defense and found Kean who calmly placed his shot beyond Pepe Reina with six minutes left.
Lyon slump to shock defeat
Olympique Lyonnais conceded two own goals in an embarrassing 3-1 home defeat against lowly Dijon in Ligue 1 as its hopes of finishing second was dealt a big blow Saturday.
After Martin Terrier opened the scoring in the first minute, Wesley Said played chief tormentor as he netted the equalizer before two of his shots were converted into own goals by Marcelo and Rafael.
The result left Lyon in third place on 56 points from 31 games, four behind second-placed Lille. — Reuters


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