Bayern Munich stretched their unbeaten run in the Bundesliga to a staggering 41 games following a 3-1 win over Hamburg which ensured they would go into the winter break as league leaders.
Bayern, who are not in action next week, have gone the whole year without a league defeat, with their last loss in the Bundesliga dating back to October 2012. They clinched their 19th unofficial “autumn championship” at the season’s halfway mark.
Second-placed Bayer Leverkusen, in action on Sunday, can cut Bayern’s lead back to four points with one game left in the Bundesliga before a break until January.
With Franck Ribéry and David Alaba on the bench and Arjen Robben injured, Bayern were initially made to work hard against battling Hamburg, eager to redeem themselves for last season’s 9-2 demolition by Bayern.
Mario Mandzukic struck at the right time when he nodded in after 42 minutes. Mario Götze’s superb control and volley seven minutes after the restart gave them a two-goal cushion before Xherdan Shaqiri killed off the game in stoppage time.
Hamburg had briefly cut the deficit in the 87th minute through Pierre-Michel Lasogga.
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