Bayern Munich progressed to the Bundesliga stage with an 8-0 thrashing of newly promoted Darmstadt in a game where Manuel Neuer started almost a year after his unfortunate skiing incident.

Almost a year on, Bayern’s best players Harry Kane and Leroy Sane return for Darmstadt Bundesliga clash – Manuel Neuer

Munich “Bayern” temporarily returned to the first place in the Bundesliga.

The champions for the last 11 seasons hammered newly promoted Darmstadt 8-0 in a game that saw the return of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer after almost a year out.

The match at the Allianz Arena started poorly for the home team, who were already numerically inferior after 4 minutes. Joshua Kimmich saw a red card, but the quantitative balance was restored after 17 minutes when Klaus Gjasula also saw a red card.

Before the break, the guests had 9 players left. Center Petersen also gave a red card to Croatian Matej Maglica (min. 41).

In the second half, the German champion went wild and scored at least 8 times.

Harry Kane opened the scoring in the Bavarians’ goal with a header (min. 51), and Leroy Sane increased the home team’s advantage from Laimer’s pass.

The striker, brought from “Tottenham”, also moved into the role of a servant, and in the 60th minute he provided the decisive pass to Jamal Musiala, who scored 3-0.

Leroy Sane made it 4-0 (64th minute), but the night’s success also belonged to Harry Kane (69th minute), who beat Schuchen with a shot from the center of the pitch.

Thomas Muller (71st minute), Jamal Musiala (76th minute) and again Harry Kane (88th minute) scored for Tuchel’s team.

Bundesliga standings

1. Bayern Munich 23 points / 9 minutes

2. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 22 points / 8 minutes

3. VfB Stuttgart 21p / 9 mj

4. Borussia Dortmund 20 points / 8 goals

5. Hoffenheim 18p / 9 min

6. RB Leipzig 17p / 8m

7. Eintracht Frankfurt 13p / 8 min