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Bayern Fight Back at Köln to Set Best Bundesliga First‑Half Record

Kompany cast the feat as a midseason checkpoint that now resets to zero.

Overview

  • Bayern won 3-1 after trailing to Linton Maina, with Serge Gnabry equalizing before second-half goals from Kim Min-jae and Lennart Karl.
  • A pre-match pyrotechnic display forced about a 10-minute stoppage as smoke covered the pitch.
  • The result leaves Bayern on 47 points with a +53 goal difference after 17 games, surpassing the 2013/14 mark on goal difference and preserving an 11-point lead.
  • Kompany praised his players then said the second half starts anew, with Konrad Laimer set for a calf scan and Harry Kane and Hiroki Ito understood to have played through knocks.
  • Attention turns to a league trip to RB Leipzig on Saturday followed by a Champions League tie next week.