Bayern Munich have won the Bundesliga for the tenth straight season with a 3-1 victory over rivals Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker.
Dortmund needed a win on Saturday to block Bayern Munich’s march to an unprecedented triumph, but despite a tenacious second-half performance, the visitors never appeared poised to extend the title chase.
Indeed, they were beaten to a pulp in the first half as Bayern raced to a 2-0 lead thanks to Serge Gnabry and Robert Lewandowski.
Emre Can’s 52nd-minute penalty added intrigue, however, Jamal Musiala’s late goal sealed an eighth consecutive Klassiker triumph.
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— FC Bayern Munich (@FCBayernEN) April 23, 2022
Bayern Munich are the first team in Europe’s top five leagues to win their respective top division ten times in a row – they previously shared the record with Juventus, who won Serie A every year from 2012 to 2020.
Bayern clinched the championship over their historic rivals, although the rivalry has been increasingly one-sided in recent seasons. Indeed, only against Hamburg (from 1982 to 1985) has Dortmund endured as many straight defeats as Bayern (eight).
