adminBERLIN. — Bayern Munich warmed up for Wednesday’s crucial Champions League soccer quarter-final at Benfica with a 3-1 win at Stuttgart on Saturday to maintain their iron-grip on the German Bundesliga title race with five games left.
An own goal from Stuttgart defender Georg Niedermeier and a second-half David Alaba strike put Pep Guardiola’s Bayern 2-0 up. Daniel Didavi pulled a goal back for Stuttgart with an hour gone as he recovered from stumbling in the area to chip home while lying on the floor before Brazil winger Douglas Costa blasted in Bayern’s late third.
The win gave Bayern three more points in their quest to become the first club to win four successive German league titles ahead of their return leg in Benfica with Bayern holding a 1-0 lead. — AFP.
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