Sadio Mane breaks drought as Bayern Munich hit four past Bayer Leverkusen to get back on track

Bayern Munich ended their mini-Bundesliga slump with a crushing victory over Bayer Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena on Friday The hosts took just thee minutes to open the scoring when Leroy Sane fired home the first, via a deflection, hitting home a firm square ball from Jamal Musiala first time. Ad Musiala, the best player on the pitch, netted the second exchanging passes with Thomas Muller before scoring inside the near post.

BundesligaMr Happy or Nagger-in-chief? What must Nagelsmann do to stop the rot at Bayern?YESTERDAY AT 11:02 The one-time England youth player then set up the third before the break when he found Sadio Mane on the edge of the box and another deflection helped the ball past luckless goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky. The stopper only had himself to blame for the last goal though as his slip in his own area, attempting a clearance, Thomas Muller to make it four with six minutes remaining.

Bayern are now twp points adrift of leaders Union Berlin ahead of their game on Saturday. Bundesliga table Bundesliga fixtures & results Bundesliga top scorers TALKING POINT Crisis, what crisis? For the second year in succession, Bayern have had early wobbles, but even without their second greatest ever striker this year, it would be a fool to bet against them claiming an 11th straight domestic title.

Kingsley Coman, their most in-form player in the first few games before once more he fell victim to injury, is expected back and he provides much-needed creativity, though not if Musiala plays like he did here. Whether Sadio Mane can show himself to be the latest dominant Die Roten number nine remains in question but it is only likely to cost them at the business end of the Champions League, with the domestic crown likely to