Bayern Back on Top After 6-0 Rout of Mainz
BERLIN (Dispatches) - Bayern Munich have returned to the top of the Bundesliga with a record-setting 6-0 rout of Mainz, more than answering Borussia Dortmund's challenge a day earlier.
Bayern set a new league record for scoring five or more goals in three consecutive games after last weekend's 6-0 rout of Wolfsburg which followed a 5-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Robert Lewandowski, James Rodriguez and Kingsley Coman scored in a one-sided first half, before James completed his hat trick and Canadian teen Alphonso Davies grabbed his first goal for Bayern in the second.
James became the first Colombian to score a hat trick in the Bundesliga.
Bayern, the six-time defending champion, reclaimed the lead on goal difference from Dortmund, which had put the pressure on Saturday with a last-gasp 3-2 win at Hertha Berlin.
With eight rounds remaining, the April 6 clash between the two rivals could be a potential title-decider.
*********Bayern's James, right, celebrates with teammate Leon Goretzka after scoring during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and 1. FSV Mainz 05 in Munich, Germany, March 17, 2019.
Bayern set a new league record for scoring five or more goals in three consecutive games after last weekend's 6-0 rout of Wolfsburg which followed a 5-1 win at Borussia Moenchengladbach.
Robert Lewandowski, James Rodriguez and Kingsley Coman scored in a one-sided first half, before James completed his hat trick and Canadian teen Alphonso Davies grabbed his first goal for Bayern in the second.
James became the first Colombian to score a hat trick in the Bundesliga.
Bayern, the six-time defending champion, reclaimed the lead on goal difference from Dortmund, which had put the pressure on Saturday with a last-gasp 3-2 win at Hertha Berlin.
With eight rounds remaining, the April 6 clash between the two rivals could be a potential title-decider.
*********Bayern's James, right, celebrates with teammate Leon Goretzka after scoring during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and 1. FSV Mainz 05 in Munich, Germany, March 17, 2019.