MUNICH, Germany - Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich powered past third-placed Eintracht Frankfurt 4-0 with an impressive display of high-pressing football on Sunday to restore their eight-point lead over second-placed Bayer Leverkusen.
Goals from Michael Olise, Hiroki Ito, Jamal Musiala and substitute Serge Gnabry wrapped up the points.
The Bavarians were dominant throughout, while nipping any Eintracht forays in the bud and earning their first win in three matches across all competitions after two consecutive draws.
Bayern are on 58 points with reigning champions Leverkusen, 2-0 winners at Holstein Kiel on Saturday, in second place with 50. Eintracht are third on 42.
"Now we have won but we will stay calm as we did the last few days (after draws against Leverkusen last week and Celtic in the Champions League on Tuesday)," Bayern coach Vincent Kompany told a press conference.
"The couple of days leading into the game we felt the team was sharper. There were a lot of reasons for us to get a result today," he said.
"The intensity from both sides was pretty high from the start and we managed to tilt the game in our favour. The players showed they were hungry today."
Bayern shot out of the blocks in a pulsating first half and had several golden chances, with Eintracht boxed into their own half, before Olise tapped in a Leroy Sane cut-back in stoppage time to give them a deserved lead.
Bayern, who face Leverkusen in the Champions League Round of 16 next month, suffered a blow with Joshua Kimmich taken off injured just before the break, but rebounded in the second half.
Kompany said Kimmich's injury did not look too serious.
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Bayern kept up the pressure and got a second goal through Ito in the 61st after goalkeeper Kevin Trapp misjudged a corner, making the left-back the first Japanese player to score a league goal for the Bavarians.
With Harry Kane coming on in the second half following his recovery from a calf injury, the hosts should have scored a third in the 78th but Sane fired wide In front of goal.
Musiala did it better in the 83rd, charging forward and finishing from a solo effort. With the Eintracht backline in tatters, Gnabry slotted home the fourth in stoppage time.
