Football NewsJamal Musiala became the youngest player at Bayern Munich
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The forward, representing both Germany and England at the youth level, replaced Thomas Müller for the two minutes remaining at the Allianz Arena.

 

Jamal Musiala the youngest Bayern Munich player

Jamal Musiala became the youngest player at Bayern Munich when he left the bench at the final stages of Saturday’s victory over Freiburg 3-1 at the age of 17 and 115 days. The forward, representing both Germany and England at the youth level. He replaced Thomas Müller for the two minutes remaining at the Allianz Arena. Thus, he broke the record previously owned by Southampton midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. Who was 17 years old and 251 days when he made his debut for Bayern in April 2013. Three points had already been wrapped up by the time Musiala made it onto the field, with two goals from Robert Lewandowski either side of Joshua Kimmich blow hitting a club record for the 15th consecutive Bundesliga victory for the Bavarian giants.

Bayern secured the Bundesliga’s 8th title in a row

Hansi Flick’s side has already secured the eighth title in a row with a victory at Werder on Tuesday, but showed no signs of easing up, with a win, and extending their unbeaten race in all competitions 23 matches, stretching back to December. On the day of the fall in records, Lewandowski overshadowed the record of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for the majority of the Bundesliga goals of the season by a foreign player, with his brace taking his tally to 33. In another place, Borussia Dortmund secured second place with a 2-0 victory at third-placed RB Leipzig, setting a club record for the most goals scored in the Bundesliga season in progress. Erling Braut Haaland continued his excellent form from the moment he came from RB Salzburg in January with both goals to take Dortmund’s score for the season to 83.

Borussia Monchengladbach retained a grip on the final place in the Champions League with a 3-1 victory at bottom club Paderborn. However, they were only two points ahead of Bayer Leverkusen, who finished fifth in the final round of matches. At the bottom, Werder Bremen, for the first time in 40 years. Faces a crash after a 3-1 loss at Mainz left them two points in 17th place. Florian Kohfeldt’s side have to beat Cologne next weekend and hope that Fortuna Dusseldorf will not be able to beat the Berlin Union out of the final relegation place. However, even then, they will still face the relegation playoff against the third-place side in 2. Bundesliga.