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Bayern Wins 10th Consecutive German Bundesliga Title

Bayern Munich on Saturday evening won a 10th consecutive Bundesliga title after beating second-placed Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker.

The win opened another 12 – point lead at the top of the table with three games to go this season.

Former Arsenal starlet Serge Gnabry put the Bavarians ahead after 15 minutes with a volley from the edge of the penalty area. Robert Lewandowski doubled the hosts’ advantage with a close-range finish on 34 minutes after a defensive mistake from Dortmund.

Turkey midfielder Emre Can pulled one back for Dortmund from the penalty spot after 52 minutes but any nerves about a tense finish were allayed when Jamal Musiala scored with seven minutes remaining to finish the game.

Bayern have lost four times in the league this season, but they have been comfortably ahead of Dortmund at the top of the division all season.

The title is Bayern’s 32nd title in total, with FC Nurnberg way back in second having won it nine times. While Dortmund have been champions eight times.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.