Bayern thrash Freiburg on Heynckes return

JUPP HEYNCKES (pix) made a perfect start to his fourth spell as Bayern Munich coach with a 5-0 thrashing of Freiburg at the Allianz Arena yesterday, as Borussia Dortmund’s Bundesliga lead was cut by a 3-2 home loss to RB Leipzig.

An own goal from Julian Schuster put Bayern in front on seven minutes, and a flying header from Kingsley Coman doubled the lead shortly before halftime.

“We wanted to show what we can do straight away,” Thomas Muller told Sky Sports. “There will be a lot of people singing our praises in the coming days, but we need to just keep working well.”

A fine strike from Thiago Alcantara put the reigning champions 3-0 up on 63 minutes, just moments after they had been denied a penalty by VAR. Further goals from Robert Lewandowski and Joshua Kimmich completed the rout.

The win saw Bayern move within two points of Dortmund at the top of the table, after the league leaders suffered their first defeat of the season to RB Leipzig.

A mistake from Stefan Ilsanker allowed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to give Dortmund the lead on four minutes, before goals from Marcel Sabitzer and Yussuf Poulsen turned the game in Leipzig’s favour.

“It was a very heated game,” Dortmund midfielder Gonzalo Castro told Sky

“We messed up in the first half, the two goals we conceded were far too easy.”