Bayern Munich Sink Hertha to Move Top of Bundesliga

Bayern Munich moved prime of the Bundesliga and forward of Borussia Dortmund on Sunday as second-half targets from Serge Gnabry and Kingsley Coman gave the reigning champions a 2-0 dwelling win over rock-bottom Hertha Berlin.

Bayern at the moment are one level clear of Dortmund, who drew 1-1 at Bochum on Friday, and again on the right track for a record-extending eleventh straight Bundesliga title with 4 matches remaining.

Lowly Hertha defended nicely for lengthy durations in opposition to a Bayern facet nonetheless struggling to discover the fluency they displayed earlier within the season.

Gnabry broke the impasse, heading in a Joshua Kimmich chip within the 69th minute, his first league aim since early February.

The aim broke Hertha’s cussed resistance, Coman scoring 10 minutes later, once more assisted by Kimmich.

“(We) want to hold believing in ourselves,” Coman told DAZN. “We can be champions. We will try everything.”

Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel stated: “(The win) will do us good, it’ll give us a bit extra self-confidence and belief.”

Hertha coach Pal Dardai was coaching just his second match since returning for a third stint in charge of the club who are six points from safety and facing relegation.

“The team fought hard. I saw a team today,” he stated.

Bayern began brightly, Manchester City loanee Joao Cancelo forcing a save from

Hertha goalkeeper Oliver Christensen after simply 90 seconds.

France centre-back Benjamin Pavard blasted a strong, lifting drive inches over the bar from nicely outdoors the field however Bayern struggled to create clear possibilities.

Gnabry pressured one other cease from Christensen on the stroke of half-time.

Hertha went on a uncommon incursion into Bayern territory however the hosts gained the ball again and launched a counter-attack.

Kimmich dinked an exquisite go over the retreating guests’ defence, discovering Gnabry who headed previous Christensen.

The aim was simply the second strike from a Bayern ahead within the membership’s previous six matches.

Coman, arguably Bayern’s type attacker throughout their current lean run, adopted Gnabry’s initiative, calmly slotting a ball from Kimmich between Christensen’s legs.

In Sunday’s late sport, a double from Jonas Wind despatched Wolfsburg previous Mainz into seventh with a 3-0 win and lifted their hopes of European qualification.

Mainz got here into the sport unbeaten in 10 matches and recent from a 3-1 win over Bayern, however have been blown off the park early, Wolfsburg scoring three targets within the first half-hour.

Wind scored both facet of a Sebastiaan Bornauw header to give the house facet a dominant win forward of subsequent week’s journey to Dortmund.

Wolfsburg supervisor Niko Kovac stated his facet have been “extremely deserved winners, my crew applied the match plan nicely.”

Bo Svensson, Mainz manager, admitted “the opponent was simply better than us” lamenting that “our toughness was lacking”.

Edin Terzic’s Dortmund have been controversially held to a 1-1 draw at lowly Bochum on Friday.

Dortmund were denied a late penalty which the referee Sascha Stegemann and the German FA later admitted was an error.

Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke issued a statement on Sunday saying “threats and hostility would not be tolerated”, after German media reported Stegemann was underneath police safety.

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