How Hansi Flick guided Bayern Munich to the Bundesliga title after Niko Kovac tragedy

t many expected Bayern Munich to win Bundesliga title a couple of weeks into 2019-20 season after a torrid start to campaign under Niko Kovac. Croatian was dismissed after overseeing just five wins from Bayern's opening 10 Bundesliga games this season and was replaced by Hans-Dieter Flick in vember 2019. After taking over reins in winter, Hansi Flick has w written his name in history books at Bayern Munich, having steadied  ship and also guided Bavarians to ir eight successive Bundesliga title, just over seven months into job. 

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Bayern Munich crowned Bundesliga champions, as Hansi Flick oversees glory after failed Niko Kovac experiment

Niko Kovac was struggling to get results with Bayern Munich and a 5-1 hammering at hands of Eintracht Frankfurt on vember 2, 2019, was final nail in coffin for 48-year-old Croatian. Bayern Munich n handed  reins over to Hansi Flick as 55-year-old was promoted from assistant coach to interim manr on vember 3. Bayern Munich were fourth on Bundesliga table after 10 games and four points behind leaders Borussia Monchengladbach when Flick was handed manrial duties.

In Flick's first game in charge, Bayern ground out a 2-0 win over Olympiakos in Champions League but a Der Klassiker against Borussia Dortmund was next in line. Bayern comfortable swept aside ir arch-rivals in a 4-0 thrashing with Hansi Flick passing his first major test with flying colours. Following  Der Klassiker fixture, it became apparent that Hansi Flick had instilled a more aggressive style of football into his Bayern team.

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Bayern Munich crowned Bundesliga champions: Hansi Flick named permanent boss

Bayern Munich suffered consecutive defeats against Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Monchengladbach in late vember and early December respectively, leaving m seventh on Bundesliga table, seven points off top. Despite poor results, Hansi Flick insisted that re was cause for concern as his team were still 'playing good football'. While it looked unlikely that Bayern would be crowned Bundesliga champions by end of season, a string of positive results towards back end of December turned tide. football was proof eugh for Bayern Munich to ensure that Hansi Flick would remain in charge at least until end of season. results kept improving after and Bayern soon stepped foot in familiar territory at  top of Bundesliga table three weeks after restart of football from winter break. 

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Bayern Munich crowned Bundesliga champions: emergence of Alphonso Davies

One player that has stood out for Bayern Munich since start of 2020 is 19-year-old left-back Alphonso Davies. Davies was asked to play as a left-back rar than a winger and excelled tremendously in his new position. success with Davies at left-back also allowed improvement for David Alaba at centre-back. Up pitch, Serge Gnabry was in form of his life forming a lethal partnership with Robert Lewandowski, while Thomas Muller went on to break single-season Bundesliga assists record. Muller credited his new boss for Bayern's change in fortunes. In April, Hansi Flick was offered a new contract that would keep him at Allianz Arena until 2023. 

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Bayern Munich crowned champions: Finishing season on a high

Since resumption of football from coronavirus break, Bayern Munich have been in domineering form, registering seven wins on trot. Bayern resumed top-flight football with a 2-0 win over Union Berlin and that victory meant that Hansi Flick's side broke a Bundesliga record of scoring 50 goals in a coach’s first 16 matches in charge. Bayern also recorded a narrow 1-0 win against second-placed Borussia Dortmund at Signal Iduna Park on May 26 which n put m seven points clear at top. On Tuesday, a 1-0 win thanks to Robert Lewandowski's 31st Bundesliga goal of season ensured that Bayern Munich were crowned Bundesliga champions for 29th time in clubs' illustrious history.

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