Bayern Munich secured a sixth straight Bundesliga title after coming from behind to win 4-1 at Bavarian neighbours Augsburg.
After thrashing Borussia Dortmund 6-0 last weekend, the champagne was on ice – and Bayern recovered from conceding an early bizarre own-goal to wrap up the championship in style at the WWK Arena.
Augsburg had taken a shock lead in 18 minutes when Sergio Cordova’s shot was saved by Sven Ulreich – but bounced up into the face of Niklas Sule and rolled into the empty net.
Jupp Heynckes said he “did not waste any time thinking about winning the Bundesliga” when he took over in October as his Bayern Munich side cruised to their 28th German league title and a sixth Bundesliga in succession with an emphatic 4-1 win at Augsburg.
Bayern trailed Borussia Dortmund by five points when they hired Heynckes for a fourth spell in charge on Oct. 6, but the 72-year-old was able to rally the club to his fourth Bundesliga title as a coach.
Heynckes is the only person to have won both four titles as a manager and four as a player, and asked by ESPN FC how highly he rated this trophy, Heynckes said it held a special place for him because the title was not the first goal when he replaced Carlo Ancelotti.
“Firstly, I have to admit I never imagined that I would return, but Bayern couldn’t find an alternative as coach,” Heynckes said at the postmatch news conference.
“But I agreed to come back as I’ve experienced so much success with Bayern and I owe my career abroad with Spanish clubs to my time at Bayern Munich as well.
“I’m especially pleased with this title because when we took over we did not waste any time thinking about winning the Bundesliga. At that time, Bayern were five points behind Borussia Dortmund, who were playing some excellent football.”