Goretzka hits leaders\u2019 102nd goal in 5-0 win at St Pauli
\n BERLIN
\nBayern Munich romped to a 5-0 win at St Pauli on Saturday, breaking a 54-year Bundesliga goalscoring record and moving to within touching distance of a 35th league crown. Leon Goretzka\u2019s 53rd-minute goal, Bayern\u2019s second of the match, brought up 102 league goals this season, breaking a previous mark set by the Bavarian giants in 1971-72.
\nThe longstanding record was set by a team that featured club legends Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Mueller and Uli Hoeness. Bayern coach Vincent Kompany told Sky Germany he knew his side would shatter the total.
\n\u201cI saw Uli Hoeness yesterday and told him \u2018We\u2019re coming for the record\u2019. The mark existed for so long and the lads can be proud, but we\u2019re going to keep going.\u201d
\nTop scorer Harry Kane was left on the bench but Jamal Musiala, Michael Olise, Nicolas Jackson and Raphael Guerreiro joined Goretzka on the scoresheet as Bayern pulled 12 points clear of Borussia Dortmund, who lost to Bayer Leverkusen earlier on Saturday.
\nWith five matches remaining this season, defending champions Bayern can win the title as early as next week at home against Stuttgart.
\nMindful of Wednesday\u2019s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Real Madrid, Bayern also started with Luis Diaz, Dayot Upamecano and Jonathan Tah among the substitutes.<\/p>\n
Andrich sinks Dortmund
\nRobert Andrich hit a long-range strike late in the first half as Leverkusen became just the second team to beat Dortmund in the league this season with a 1-0 away victory.
\nDortmund, whose two previous defeats this season came against Bayern, remain eight points clear in second place despite their four-game winning streak coming to an end.
\nA day after extending his deal at the club to 2031, Nico Schlotterbeck received a smattering of boos and whistles from the home fans amid reports he had a release clause for this summer inserted into his contract.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re really happy Schlotti extended,\u201d centre-back partner Waldemar Anton told DAZN. \u201cHe didn\u2019t deserve the boos. That hurts the team, everyone in the stands needs to know that. It\u2019s nonsense and it\u2019s not something we can accept.\u201d
\nStoic and risk averse under coach Niko Kovac, Dortmund were uncharacteristically fluid in attack in the opening half hour but Andrich broke through for the visitors in simple fashion.
\nThe Germany midfielder intercepted a Ramy Bensebaini pass and took a touch before blasting a low shot into the bottom corner past Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel.
\nDortmund\u2019s best chance came with seven minutes remaining when Serhou Guirassy collected a Carney Chukwuemeka pass and hit the underside of the crossbar.
\nYan Diomande\u2019s 81st-minute effort boosted RB Leipzig\u2019s hopes of a top-four finish, securing a 1-0 home win over Borussia Moenchengladbach.
\nDiomande\u2019s late winner lifted third-placed Leipzig three points clear of Stuttgart, who face Hamburg at home on Sunday, with Leverkusen a point further back in fifth.
\nThe goal continued the 19-year-old\u2019s impressive debut Bundesliga season, in which he has scored 11 times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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