Bayern clinch Bundesliga title with 1-0 win at Werder Bremen
Bayern Munich claimed their eighth consecutive Bundesliga title by beating Werder Bremen 1-0 away because of Robert Lewandowski's first-half strike to start an unassailable lead near the top of the table in Tuesday.
The league's top scorer latched onto a excellent Jerome Boateng cross and fired in his 31st goal of the campaign right before the break to send the Bavarians 10 points free from second-placed Borussia Dortmund, who've three games left.
In a rollercoaster season that found coach Niko Kovac fired in November with Bayern off the leading positions and Hansi Flick overtaking, Bayern turned it around following the winter break, are unbeaten since and gained their last 11 straight league matches.
They remained unruffled by the two-month break due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and beat Dortmund last month to overcome the last major obstacle on the way to a 29th Bundesliga title because the introduction of the most notable division in 1963.
It had been Bayern's 30th German league crown overall.
"It is amazing if you think where we originated from (this season)," said midfielder Thomas Mueller, who regained his starting spot under Flick and grabbed 20 assists this season.
"We had trouble but the method the team provides been marching is excellent. Only one draw against Leipzig (this year) and all of those other games we gained," he said after the team celebrated their triumph before empty stands because of the pandemic.
"The best comeback in sports history," he joked.
Mueller and David Alaba joined record holder Franck Ribery with nine Bundesliga titles.
Werder, desperate in order to avoid another relegation after 1980, had been bold and matched the Bavarians found in the primary half for speed and possession.
In addition they had the better chances until Bayern winger Kingsley Coman's glancing header in the 24th.
The Bavarians steadily gained ground and broke the deadlock with defender Jerome Boateng's excellent pass for Lewandowski, who turned in the box and fired home in the 43rd minute.
The Polish international, who scored on his gain from suspension, is chasing the 40-goal Bundesliga record for just one season set by Bayern's Gerd Mueller in 1972 and had a string of good chances following the break to add to his tally.
But it was keeper Manuel Neuer who proved essential for Bayern once they were left with 10 men for the ultimate 10 minutes following a dismissal of Alphonso Davies, building a sensational one-handed save to make sure another league title.
