Bayern Munich stayed atop the Frauen-Bundesliga table with a commanding 4-0 road victory last Sunday over SV Werder Bremen.
The scoreline, however, belies how hard-fought the victory ultimately was. While Bayern dominated possession throughout, Bremen got their share of chances — 12 shots to Bayern’s ten, with four on target. The home side had a decent opportunity to strike first through Tuana Mahmoud, whose looping shot in the 18th minute looked like it was arcing just over the crossbar, but it was close enough to prompt Bayern keeper Maria-Luisa Grohs to palm it away to be safe.
Bayern finally struck in the 26th minute through Lea Schüller, who volleyed home a Klara Bühl corner from the far post. But the score stood still at 1-0 to the end of the half, and early in the second, the FC Bayern Frauen went a woman down after defender Glódís Perla Viggósdóttir was booked for a second time for a tough challenge.
But the player disadvantage could not spur the home side on to a comeback. Georgia Stanway sent in a scorcher in the 71st minute to double the Bayern advantage, and in the 85th, the visitors put the game to bed with a quickfire double. First, Sydney Lohmann played in Lea Schüller’s defense-splitting run with an arcing pass, and the Bayern striker rounded keeper Livia Peng before burying the 3-0. Immediately after, Jovana Damnjanović collected from within her own half and dribbled the rest of the way to essentially a solo goal (Stanway was credited with the assist) to settle the score at 4-0.
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Bayern hosts FC Köln next on Saturday and welcome Arsenal FC to open UEFA Women’s Champions League play the following Wednesday.
