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Gnabry hat-trick against Stuttgart sends Bayern nine points clear

Bayern, which secured the unofficial 'autumn championship' ahead of next week's start of the three-week winter break and is chasing a record-extending 10th consecutive league title, now has 40 points from 16 matches.

Published : Dec 15, 2021 07:00 IST , STUTTGART, GERMANY

Gnabry got his reward for being resilient, scoring his hat-trick in the 74th to complete the rout.
Gnabry got his reward for being resilient, scoring his hat-trick in the 74th to complete the rout.
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Gnabry got his reward for being resilient, scoring his hat-trick in the 74th to complete the rout.

Bayern Munich's Serge Gnabry scored a hat-trick and set up two more for record-breaking Robert Lewandowski in a 5-0 demolition of hosts VfB Stuttgart on Tuesday, that opened up a nine-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga.

Bayern, which secured the unofficial 'autumn championship' ahead of next week's start of the three-week winter break and is chasing a record-extending 10th consecutive league title, now has 40 points from 16 matches.

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Second-placed Borussia Dortmund, on 31 from 15 games, is in action on Wednesday against Greuther Fuerth.

Gnabry, who had six efforts on goal in the first half alone, put the visitors in front in the 40th minute, curling a shot into the far top corner, and grabbed his second goal in the 53rd.

He then found Lewandowski, who chipped the ball over keeper Florian Mueller, for Bayern's third goal in the 69th and teed up another one for the Polish striker with an unselfish cutback.

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Lewandowski's second goal of the evening meant he equalled Gerd Mueller's 1972 record of 42 Bundesliga goals in a single calendar year. He can break the record in the last league game of the year against VfL Wolfsburg on Friday.

Gnabry got his reward for being unselfish, scoring his hat-trick in the 74th to complete the rout.

Stuttgart, who saw it's three-game unbeaten run come to an end, is on 17 points in 15th.

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