Jamal Musiala To The Rescue As Bayern Munich Go Six Clear

Jamal Musiala came off the bench to rescue an injury-hit Bayern Munich, scoring twice in a 4-2 win over lowly Heidenheim, sending his side six points clear in the Bundesliga on Saturday. With the top four sides all playing teams in the bottom half in this round, second-placed Frankfurt let a one-goal lead slip to draw 2-2 at home with Augsburg. Bayern dominated proceedings but were unable to turn pressure into points, with Harry Kane's absence telling. The German giants were one goal up at half-time after Dayot Upamecano headed from a corner 18 minutes in. 

The France defender turned villain early into the second period when he passed directly to Mathias Honsak, who gleefully accepted the invitation to equalise.

Bayern manager Vincent Kompany, whose side were eliminated in the German Cup by Bayer Leverkusen midweek, brought Musiala off the bench and the 21-year-old blasted in five minutes later. 

Leon Goretzka's late goal put Bayern on course but Heidenheim scored again, this time through Niklas Dorsch, to keep the heat on the home side, 

Musiala would have the final say, dribbling on the counter from the half-way line and scoring his second.

Bayern veteran Thomas Mueller praised Musiala, telling Sky "what he's doing, we expect that from him now.

"We're happy we've got him."

Dortmund's 'frustrating' stumble

Borussia Dortmund's away woes continued ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash with Barcelona when they were held to a 1-1 draw with Borussia Moenchengladbach despite another stunning Jamie Gittens goal.

Gittens, who scored an excellent solo goal in last week's 1-1 draw against Bayern, dribbled past three Gladbach defenders and blasted a shot in off the crossbar after 64 minutes to put Dortmund ahead. 

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