How Bayern Munich recovered from a slow start to win Bundesliga title: Stats and key games

Bayern Munich were crowned as Bundesliga champions for eighth time in a row following a 1-0 win against Werder Bremen on Tuesday. However, road to success during 2019-20 season was anything but straightforward as Bavarian giants struggled during start of season under Niko Kovac's manment until Hans-Dieter Flick replaced Croatian at helm in vember. Bayer Munich were confirmed as Bundesliga champions with two matches remaining as one of 31 Robert Lewandowski goals this season in league was eugh to secure a 1-0 win against Florian Kohfeldt's Werder Bremen at Weserstadion. Here's a look at some of  key Bayern Munich matches throughout season which paved way for German giants to win ir 29th Bundesliga title.

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Bayern Munich key matches en route to becoming Bundesliga champions: Key Robert Lewandowski goals

vember 9, 2019: Bayern Munich 4-0 Borussia Dortmund

Niko Kovac mand just five wins in his first 10 Bundesliga games at Bayern this season and was sacked following a 5-1 thrashing at hands of Eintracht Frankfurt in vember. Hans-Dieter Flick was n appointed as interim manr and his first game in charge was a massive Der Klassiker at Allianz Arena. reigning German champions handed Lucien Favre's Borussia Dortmund a lesson with a resounding 4-0 win with two goals from Robert Lewandowski, one from Serge Gnabry and an own goal from Mats Hummels. win saw m pick up an important three points and also marked a statement of intent from Bayern despite ir early-season struggles.

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December 14, 2019: Bayern Munich 6-1 Werder Bremen

Although Hans-Dieter Flick dominated his way to Bundesliga title towards back end of season, it wasn't all smooth sailing for German during his early days in charge of Bayern. Back-to-back league defeats against Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Monchengladbach meant that Bayern Munich slipped to seventh place on Bundesliga table, seven points adrift of top place. Milot Rashica put a struggling Werder Bremen side in front at Allianz Arena but a Philippe Coutinho hat-trick, a brace from Robert Lewandowski and a goal from Thomas Muller halted  run of poor results for Bayern

February 21, 2020: Bayern Munich 3-2 Paderborn

Bayern Munich claimed  top spot on Bundesliga standings in February after a string of positive results but ir campaign was almost derailed by relegation-threatened Paderborn. Robert Lewandowski scored a late winner in 88th minute after  visitors came from behind on two occasions to level scores. A draw against Paderborn would have allowed Julian Nlsmann's RB Leipzig to go level on points with Bayern Munich next day. 

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May 26, 2020: Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Bayern Munich

pivotal moment in fate of title race arrived when Bayern Munich secured a narrow 1-0 win against second-placed Borussia Dortmund at Westfalenstadion after coronavirus break. Just nine days after Bundesliga season resumed from pandemic, second Der Klassiker of season saw Joshua Kimmich score a wonder goal to propel Flick's men seven points clear at top of Bundesliga standings with six games remaining. Bayern n cruised towards Bundesliga title with four more convincing wins in as many games.

Bayern crowned Bundesliga champions: Robert Lewandowski goals

Robert Lewandowski has scored a total of 31 goals this season and once again played an instrumental role in winning Bundesliga title for Bayern Munich. Lewandowski broke a Bundesliga record by scoring in each of his first 11 top-flight games this season.  prolific Pole has already won  Torjägerkane (Bundesliga Golden Boot) four times and is in contention to make if five this season. RB Leipzig's Timo Werner is second on list of top scorers in Bundesliga with 25 goals to his name.

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