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Bayern ended Freiburg’s unbeaten run and remained top of the Bundesliga with a 2-1 victory at the Allianz Arena.With Bayern’s 38 goals scored and Freiburg’s seven goals conceded, it was billed as the best attack against the best defence of the Bundesliga season.
But the opening exchanges went in favour of the visitors who came out the blocks fastest with a relentless pressing approach. Hunting in packs they forced the Bayern defence into a catalogue of mistakes.
This approach almost paid off when Niklas Süle’s poor clearance landed at the feet of Lucas Höler who charged toward the box, but chose to shoot from range rather than continue his run, as a result he dragged his shot wide of the post.On 30 minutes the pendulum swung in favour of the hosts as Thomas Müller was gifted too much time and space to pick out Leon Goretzka who ghosted into the box, sweeping a simple finish past Mark Flekken to double his goal scoring tally of the season.
The second half saw a spirited effort from Freiburg as they attempted to grab an equaliser, but as the game progressed Bayern controlled the tempo and eventually went two goals up through Robert Lewandowski…
