Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich ended 2022 back at the summit of the Bundesliga table as they continue their quest for an 11th straight title, but it hasn't all been ...

[Union Berlin](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/union-berlin-2022-23-season-so-far-jordan-siebatcheu-sheraldo-becker-22187) [Hertha Berlin](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/hertha-berlin-2022-23-season-so-far-lukebakio-richter-boateng-22118) [Borussia Mönchengladbach](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/borussia-monchengladbach-2022-23-season-so-far-thuram-hofmann-sommer-farke-22170) [Borussia Dortmund](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/borussia-dortmund-2022-23-season-so-far-jude-bellingham-moukoko-reyna-reus-22183) It took [Joshua Kimmich](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/joshua-kimmich) just five minutes to get them on the board, followed by [Benjamin Pavard](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/benjamin-pavard), Mane, Musiala and Gnabry. [Bayern](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/clubs/fc-bayern-muenchen) after they began life after goalscoring supremo [Robert Lewandowski](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/robert-lewandowski-bayern-munich-transfer-to-barcelona-legend-20569). The final score was [6-1](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/matchday/2022-2023/1/eintracht-frankfurt-vs-fc-bayern-muenchen), but Bayern were five to the good even by half-time. They will now [face Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/german-clubs-2022-23-champions-league-bayern-dortmund-frankfurt-fixtures-results-21059). It’s performances that have promoted the great and good of world football to earmark Musiala as “the Messi of the future”, to use the words of Ballon d’Or winner [Lothar Matthäus](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/who-is-lothar-matthaus-the-story-of-a-germany-legend-inter-milan-maradona-3198). But since being held to a dramatic late [2-2 draw in Der Klassiker away at Borussia Dortmund](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/matchday/2022-2023/9/borussia-dortmund-vs-fc-bayern-muenchen), Nagelsmann’s side have been flawless and won their final six league fixtures before the winter break, scoring 24 and conceding only five to reclaim the summit from long-time leaders [Union](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/clubs/1-fc-union-berlin). [Leroy Sane](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/leroy-sane) and [Serge Gnabry](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/serge-gnabry) with 10 apiece, but it’s 19-year-old Musiala who has been the star of the Bayern show. Bayern have scored 17 goals more than the next most prolific team in the division (Eintracht).