Bayern Munich continued their 100 per cent
start to the Bundesliga season with an impressive 2-0 win over Schalke in
Gelsenkirchen Saturday.
The
heavyweight clash before a capacity crowd at the Veltins Arena was expected to
be a testing encounter for Jupp Heynckes team, but two goals just short of the
hour mark from Tony Kroos and Thomas Mueller eased their passage.
It
left Bayern on a maximum 12 points after four games, heading Eintracht
Frankfurt, 2-1 winners at Nuremberg Friday, on goal difference.
Two-time
defending champions Borussia Dortmund lost ground with a 3-2 defeat at Hamburg
to leave them five points adrift of the leading pair.
Bayern
had been the better side in the first half with the Royal Blues of Schalke
unable to create a clear cut opening.
German
international pair Kroos and Mueller looked dangerous throughout and it was
their combination that led to the 55th minute opener.
Mueller
played in Kroos to beat Lars Unnerstall with a low shot and three minutes later
he was also on the score sheet with a fine individual goal.
Mueller
might have scored a second with a clever back heel, but his team were already
guaranteed three points to follow on from their impressive 2-1 Champions Leauge
win over Valencia in midweek.
Meanwhile,
Dortmund's 31-match unbeaten run came to an abrupt end at struggling Hamburg,
who had been without a win.
South
Korea's Son Heung-Min scored twice for the home side, including the clinching
third.
Ivo
Ilicevic was also on target for the northerners while Croatia's Ivan Perisic
twice equalized for Dortmund.
Mainz
also secured their first win of the season as they beat Augsburg 2-0, while in
other matches Fortuna Duesseldorf and Freiburg were goalless and Felix Magath's
Wolfsburg drew 1-1 with promoted Greuther Fuerth.
CNN.com September 22, 2012
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