FLICK PASSES BAYERN RECORD
FOOTBALL: Hansi Flick has bettered Pep Guardiola’s record start as head coach of Bayern Munich after they opened a 10point lead in Germany’s Bundesliga.
Having defeated second-placed Borussia Dortmund 1-0 midweek, Bayern enjoyed a 5-0 romp over Fortuna Dusseldorf at the weekend.
The visitors’ defender Mathias Joergensen scored an early own-goal before Benjamin Pavard, Robert Lewandowski (2) and Alphonso Davies hit the target for Bayern.
With five games left, the defending champions, who have won their last eight league games, are comfortably on course for an eighth straight league title.
The win was Flick’s 22nd in his first 25 games at the helm, bettering the start made by Guardiola in 2013.
“Statistics and records don’t interest me, what’s important is to have a successful season,” said Flick, in his first season since replacing Niko Kovac in November.
“At Bayern Munich, you are expected to win the title. That’s our goal, but there are a few games left. I am very happy, we were very aggressive and didn’t give them any chances.”
Davies scored the best goal of the game when the fleet-footed defender pressed Duesseldorf into making a mistake, barged past several defenders and fired home. “It was very special,”said Davies.
The 19-year-old, who was born in a Ghanaian refugee camp before his parents emigrated to Canada, was nicknamed Bayern’s ‘Road Runner’ by teammate Thomas Mueller after the win in Dortmund.