Flick wants to leave as title closer
Bayern Munich teenager Jamal Musiala starred for the Bavarian powerhouse to go seven points clear in the Bundesliga yesterday before coach Hansi Flick said he wanted to leave at the end of the season.
Musiala scored two goals and was involved in the other as Bayern held on for a 3-2 win at third-placed Wolfsburg. Following Leipzig’s scoreless draw with Hoffenheim the night before, it meant Bayern are closing in on a record-extending ninth consecutive title with just five rounds of the season remaining.
That’s not looking like enough to convince Flick to stay.
“I would like to get out of my contract at the end of the season. That’s a fact,” Flick told Sky Sports Germany after the game.
Flick has a contract with Bayern to 2023 but has clashed with sporting director Hasan Salihamidzˇic. He has also been linked with the Germany job, which will be vacant once Joachim Lo¨w steps down after this summer’s European Championship.
Musiala, 18, opened the scoring in the 15th minute when he eluded three Wolfsburg defenders before squeezing his shot under goalkeeper Koen Casteels.
Musiala was again involved for Bayern’s second in the 24th, playing in David Alaba. Casteels cut out the Austrian defender’s cross but dropped the ball right at the feet of Eric Maxim Choupo-moting, who gratefully tapped it in.
Wout Weghorst pulled one back against the run of play in the 35th, but Thomas Mu¨ller crossed for Musiala to head in his second goal two minutes later. All Wolfsburg coach Oliver Glasner could do was shake his head.
But his team regrouped after the break. Bayern left too much room for Paulo Otavio to cross from the left for Maximilian Philipp to score in the 54th. Je´roˆme Roussillon missed another good chance for Wolfsburg as Bayern held on for the win.
It was Wolfsburg’s first defeat at home this season. They hadn’t conceded in any of their previous five home games.
Borussia Mo¨nchengladbach beat Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0, Union Berlin enjoyed a 2-1 win over Stuttgart, Freiburg routed last-placed Schalke 4-0, and Augsburg and Arminia Bielefeld drew 0-all.