Musiala to the rescue as Bayern 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, Frankfurt let a one-goal lead slip to draw 2-2 at home with Augsburg and lose ground on Bayern.

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 halftime 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 Germany “what he’s doing, we expect that from him now.
“We’re happy we’ve got him.”

In Frankfurt, a goalless first half gave way to four goals in 19 second-half minutes.

Hugo Ekitike’s 55th-minute goal was cancelled out by a Phillip Tietz strike five minutes later.

Augsburg then took the lead through Samuel Essende, before Turkish teenager Can Uzun levelled things up three minutes later.

Frankfurt’s late efforts to find a winner were to no avail as the hosts dropped points in the league for the first time since late October.

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