Whirlwind Bayern dismantle Schalke 8-0 in time opener
Treble winners Bayern Munich crushed Schalke 04 8-0 with a hat-trick from Serge Gnabry and a excellent debut from Leroy Sane over Friday as they made a sensational start to the new Bundesliga season and directed an ominous warning to potential challengers.
With the largest opening win in Bundesliga history, Bayern showed that they had lost none of sharpness that helped them to lift the Champions League trophy significantly less than per month ago in dominant fashion.
Gnabry grabbed his primary target for the hosts with an excellent turn and shot in the fourth minute in what turned out to be a one-sided affair that stretched Bayern's unbeaten set you back 31 games this season, having now won the last 22 matches in a good row.
Schalke, without a league win found in 17 consecutive suits since January, were helpless against Bayern's lightning-quick game and Leon Goretzka found plenty of space to get a low shot former keeper Ralf Faehrmann found in the 19th minute.
"You can view that the team had been strong last time," said Sane, who joined from Manchester Metropolis. "The team is still hungry despite earning the treble previous season and to possess such a start is usually outstanding."
Bayern finished their time in August when they added the Champions Group to their Bundesliga and German Glass titles and had only a brief preparation for the new season. Previous season's leading scorer Robert Lewandowski determined the net with a 31st-minute penalty to be the first person to score in 10 successive appearances against the same Bundesliga opponents.
Gnabry after that scored twice from Sane's assists found in the 47th and 59th before Thomas Mueller made it half a dozen after Lewandowski set him up with an extraordinary rabona kick.
Sane then capped his excellent Bayern debut with an excellent finish from a good counter attack in an empty Allianz Arena, after the location banned spectators because of rising coronavirus infection amounts in the region.
A little afterwards substitute Jamal Musiala drilled in goal number eight to become the youngest ever Bayern scorer in the league at 17 years old.
The effect piled more pressure on already-embattled Schalke coach David Wagner, who has been under powerful scrutiny during their winless run this year.
