It took Bayern Munich more than an hour to overcome Borussia Mönchengladbach's resistance and win 3-0 against opponents who played with ten men for more than seventy-five percent of the match. In 13 games this season in all competitions, it was the 13th victory for the Bundesliga leaders.
After 64 minutes, Joshua Kimmich scored, followed five minutes later by Raphaël Guerreiro, a replacement, and in the 81st minute, Lennart Karl, made it 3-0. With eight league games played, Bayern has a maximum of 24 points, five more than RB Leipzig, who won 6-0 against Augsburg. Gladbach fought, but after Jens Castrop was sent off for a straight red card for a studs-up challenge in the eighteenth minute, it appeared as though their game plans were going to be scrapped.