Shortly before the break, Thomas Müller and Christian Streich had a small skirmish.

Streich was obviously of the opinion that "Radio" Müller shouldn't broadcast so much, at least that's how his small gesture towards the Munich international was understandable.

The trigger was Leon Goretzka's robust entry in a duel.

When going into the dressing room, Müller and the Freiburg coach got along again, but the small scene showed: It was close and intense in this Bundesliga top duel on Saturday afternoon.

Christian Kamp

sports editor.

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After almost 100 minutes of play, it was still quite clearly 4: 1 for the record champions, after the break it was the high-scoring duel that the audience had hoped for between the industry leader and Streich's Baden soccer flagship company, with goals, but also with all special stories that were part of it - but in the end it was the people of Munich in particular who enjoyed it.

They came out on top again in the championship race with Borussia Dortmund and with the well-deserved victory they got in the mood for the quarter-final first leg in the Champions League on Wednesday at FC Villarreal.

The 0-1 in the 58th minute was a co-production between two men who entered the pitch under special circumstances.

Kimmich free kick, Goretzka header, goal.

That looked easy.

But Joshua Kimmich only followed his team on matchday after the birth of his third child was still a long time coming.

And Goretzka was back on the ball for the first time after four months out through injury.

Petersen scores after 17 seconds

But while Julian Nagelsmann and Goretzka were still happy about the joint coup after he was substituted (62nd), another story from Freiburg came to the fore.

Nils Petersen had extended his contract during the week, he had been substituted on at the same time as Goretzka's departure - and immediately took the first opportunity after 17 seconds on the pitch not only to make it 1-1, but also scored his 100th competitive goal for the sports club (63rd).

In the new Freiburg stadium, which was allowed to be jam-packed for the first time, there was now a festive mood.

"Take off the Bavarians' lederhosen" is a song people particularly like to hear and sing in Breisgau.

But the jubilation was short-lived.

In the 73rd minute, Serge Gnabry, who - right - had also just been substituted on, scored again for Munich's lead.

Change error causes excitement

A change caused a stir, which resulted in eight minutes of stoppage time, in which the Freiburg team didn't change the result - it was rather the Munich team, who followed up ice-coldly, in the person of Marcel Sabitzer (90 + 6).

Before that, Bayern were on the field for around twenty seconds when Sabitzer and Niklas Süle came on as a double for Coman and Tolisso in the 86th minute.

The usual and expected Munich dominance showed itself at the beginning on Saturday, but one that wasn't worth much for a long time.

Nagelsmann had flexed his muscles in the starting line-up.

Robert Lewandowski was there, and so was Kimmich and Goretzka - which had the side effect that Jamal Musiala, the winner of the international match week, found himself on the bench.

Kimmich took charge of the game in the center, but Bayern didn't really get going.

It became dangerous when Coman was sent on the left, as in the 13th minute when a cross from the Frenchman reached Müller, but his shot was blocked.

Otherwise, not much came.

Small gestures of dissatisfaction became more frequent, constructive attacks less frequent.

After all, it wasn't dangerous at the back.

Also because Freiburg shied away from the last risk against Nagelsmann's back four à la française with Pavard, Nianzou, Upamecano and Hernandez.

Once Eggestein managed to put the ball down in a promising way before the break, but Höler's attempted shot went in vain.

Schlotterbeck's mistake before Gnabry's goal

A game against Bayern is always something special, but it must have felt a bit special for Nico Schlotterbeck.

Last week he was still on the pitch with a few Munich players during the national team's friendlies.

When they met again in the Bundesliga, they were opponents – but somehow on an equal footing.

After his first international appearances, Schlotterbeck can also feel like a real national player.

And one who was noticed positively again in everyday league life for a long time, especially after he dared to go forward more as the game went on.

Schlotterbeck has attracted so much attention this season that Freiburg is expecting to say goodbye in the summer.

On Saturday, however, he made the crucial mistake when Gnabry scored.

So that, too, fitted in with a day when almost all of the stories ended up being based on a Bavarian screenplay.