BAyern Munich warmed up for the visit of Real Madrid by breaking the Bundesliga goalscoring record in a season and taking a big step towards another league title on Saturday.
Leon Goretzka scored Bayern’s 102nd league goal of the season when St. Pauli, who are in danger of relegation, were 5-0 away from home. Bayern opened up a 12-point lead over Borussia Dortmund with five rounds remaining.
Jamal Musiala equaled the record of 101 goals set by the 1971-72 Bayern team with Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller by opening the scoring with a header in the 9th minute and Goretzka broke the record with a shot in the 53rd minute.
Michael Olise made it 103 just a minute later, Nicolas Jackson grabbed Bayern’s fourth goal and Raphaël Guerreiro scored late on to make it 105.
The home crowd’s biggest cheer came when Goretzka had a second goal disallowed after a VAR check for offside before referee Tobias Stieler blew the whistle to end the game.
Bayern coach Vincent Kompany fielded a weakened side as he rested a number of players including top scorer Harry Kane and Aleksandar Pavlovi ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final against Madrid. Bayern are defending a 2-1 lead from the first leg in Madrid on Tuesday.