Serge Gnabry hit a hat-trick as holders Bayern Munich romped to a record 8-0 rout of Schalke on Friday in the opening game of the 2020/21 Bundesliga season.
Leroy Sane said all-conquering Bayern Munich crave even more silverware after the Germany winger scored on his debut in Friday’s historic 8-0 thrashing of Schalke in the opening game of the new Bundesliga season.
“We’re still hungry, even though we won the treble last season,” said Sane after creating two goals for Serge Gnabry, who claimed a hat-trick in the goalfest at the Allianz Arena. “Winning our first game at home 8-0 is obviously super. “It felt really, really good finally to be able to play with the lads,” said Sane, who spent most of last season sidelined at former club Manchester City after tearing knee ligaments at the very start of last season.
“It’s been a very good day with lots of goals.”
Just 26 days after winning the Champions League final, Bayern picked up where they left off last season with their 22nd-straight win.
“It is amazing how the team has built on the performance of the past season,” said Bayern board member and former club captain Oliver Kahn.
The jaw-dropping result is the highest win in an opening game of a new Bundesliga season – five weeks to the day after Bayern’s 8-2 thrashing of Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
Leon Goretzka, Thomas Mueller and Robert Lewandowksi also netted, while England junior international Jamal Musiala, 17, became the youngest Bayern goal-scorer in the Bundesliga when he came on late.
Bayern had to brush off setbacks in the days leading up to kick-off.
On Thursday, the Mayor of Munich scuppered plans to allow 7,500 fans into the Allianz Arena, due to rising new cases of the coronavirus in the Bavarian capital, hours after Bayern confirmed the sale of Thiago Alcantara to Liverpool.
Before kick-off, David Alaba, who is stalling over signing a contract extension with a year left to go, dropped out with a leg injury.
However, Bayern picked up where they left off 26 days after winning the Champions League final in Lisbon.
Cash-strapped Schalke continued their miserable finish to last season as David Wagner’s side have now gone 17 games without a win.