Saturday, April 6, 2013

Bayern Munich crowned Bundesliga champions in record time

Bayern Munich have wrapped up the Bundesliga title with a record-breaking six games to spare after a 1-0 victory at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Bastian Schweinsteiger scored with a back-heel to deflected Phillip Lahm's cross past goalkeeper Oka Nikolov in the 52nd minute for Bayern's 11th win in succession.
Defending two-time champions Borussia Dortmund came from two goals down to beat Augsburg 4-2 at home but were unable to prevent Bayern from sealing their 23rd German championship.
Also on Saturday, Schalke won 2-0 at Werder Bremen, Bayer Leverkusen drew 1-1 with Wolfsburg, and Borussia Moenchengladbach beat bottom side Greuther Fuerth 1-0.
Such has been Bayern's dominance of the German top flight that no other side has claimed the title this early in the Bundesliga's 50 years. Victory over Eintracht was their 11th in a row, having dropped points just four times all season.
Bayern already eliminated second-placed Borussia Dortmund from the German Cup and have one foot in the Champions League semi-finalsafter beating Juventus 2-0 on Tuesday, raising the prospect of a potential treble for Jupp Heynckes' side in his last season in charge