adminBERLIN.— Bayern Munich scraped past Hertha Berlin 1-0 courtesy of an Arjen Robben goal to stretch their lead at the top of the table to 10 points and equal a German Bundesliga soccer record for goals conceded after 13 games. The champions never hit top form but hardly needed to because they were up against a toothless Hertha who rarely ventured out of their half.
Bayern’s clean sheet meant they matched VfB Stuttgart’s 2003-04 record of letting in only three goals in the opening 13 matches.
Dutchman Robben fired the ball in from 18 metres after a first-half flick from Thomas Mueller as the Bavarians cruised to their 10th win in 13 league matches to bounce back from the midweek Champions League defeat at Manchester City. But there was little else of note from the club that on Friday posted a turnover of €528s,7 million for 2013-14, with the 76 000 in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin getting only brief glimpses of Bayern’s attacking power. — Soccernet.
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