After enduring agony in the second round of the DFB Pokal for the last two seasons, Bayern Munich tasted success at the same stage this season. The Bavarian club clinched a comfortable 4-0 win against Mainz on Wednesday to book their place in the next round of the cup competition.
Vincent Kompany didn’t make wholesale changes in the starting XI, but he handed the first starts of the season to Eric Dier and Leroy Sane. Jamal Musiala was the man of the match on Wednesday as he scored his first hat trick for Bayern. The youngster’s hattrick and Sane’s solitary goal came in the first half. Die Roten saw out the game with ease in the second half to keep the clean sheet.
Before we turn our attention to the weekend’s Bundesliga action, let us look at key takeaways for Bayern from the comfortable win against Mainz.