Bayern Munich beats Schalke 3-1, extends Bundesliga lead
Posted November 21, 2015 6:00 am
BERLIN (AP) - Thomas Mueller scored in injury time for Bayern Munich to extend its German league lead with a 3-1 win at Schalke on Saturday, when all Bundesliga games were played amid increased security.
David Alaba put Bayern ahead in the ninth minute when his powerful shot took a huge deflection.
Max Meyer equalized against the run of play eight minutes later. Leroy Sane eluded Xabi Alonso and passed to Meyer, who cut inside Philipp Lahm and fired past Manuel Neuer inside the far post.
Arjen Robben's perfect cross picked out Javi Martinez who headed in Bayern's second in the 69th and Mueller sealed the result from a tight angle.
Bayern extended its lead to eight points over Borussia Dortmund, which slipped to a 3-1 defeat at Hamburger SV on Friday.
Frankfurt's, right, and Leverkusen's players pay a minute of silence for the victims of the Paris attacks prior to a German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Leverkusen's players celebrate their side's opening goal during a German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Leverkusen's Javier Hernandez, center, celebrates his side's opening goal during a German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. At right Frankfurt's David Abraham. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Frankfurt's Slobodan Medojevic, left, celebrates his side's first goal during a German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
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Wolfsburgs Max Kruse, center right, and and Bas Dost center left, celebrate after Christian Traesch scored the opening goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Wolfsburg and SV Werder Bremen in Wolfsburg, northern Germany, Saturday Nov. 21, 2015. (Alexander Koerner/dpa via AP)
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A policeman watches his screens prior to the German Bundesliga soccer match between Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich in Gelsenkirchen, Germany Saturday Nov. 21, 2015. After the Paris attacks security measures were increased. (Guido Kirchner/dpa via AP)
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AÂ display shows a black ribbon between a French flag and the Bundesliga logo before the German Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Hannover 96 in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Saturday Nov. 21, 2015 following the Paris attacks . (Marius Becker/dpa via AP)
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A police officer with his dog dog stand in front of the stadium prior to the German second division Bundesliga soccer match between 1860 Munich and St. Pauli at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday Nov. 21, 2015.. After the Paris attacks, security measures were increased. (Andreas Gebert/dpa via AP)
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Bayern's Javi Martinez, center, celebrates his goal with Bayern's David Alaba, top, during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Schalke's Benedikt Hoewedes, Bayern's Douglas Costa and Schalke's Klaas Jan Huntelaar, from left, challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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Schalke's team celebrates Schalke's Max Meyer, left, after scoring during the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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