Buoyant Bayern sink Schalke
David Alaba’s early goal was cancelled out by Schalke’s Max Meyer before Martinez, then Thomas Mueller struck for Bayern
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-11-23 01:22 GMT
Berlin: Javi Martinez scored his first goal for Bayern Munich for two years on Saturday in his side’s 3-1 win at Schalke 04 which opened an eight-point lead. After second-placed Borussia Dortmund’s shock 3-1 defeat at Hamburg on Friday, Pep Guardiola’s Bayern took their chance to extend their lead.
David Alaba’s early goal was cancelled out by Schalke’s Max Meyer before Martinez, then Thomas Mueller struck for Bayern. They took a fortuitous lead in Gelsenkirchen when Alaba’s long-range shot clipped Leon Goretzka’s heel and flew into the Schalke net with nine minutes gone.
Schalke drew level through Meyer’s superb goal on 17 minutes when he turned Bayern captain Philipp Lahm and powered his shot past goalkeeper Manuel Neuer. But Bayern maintained their unbeaten record in Germany’s top flight when Spain’s Martinez headed Arjen Robben’s pin-point cross on 69 minutes. It was the centre-back’s first league goal for Bayern since August 2013, then Mueller added a late third goal.
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