Mission treble on
Pep Guardiola has taken the first step towards winning the treble with Bayern Munich after he collected his fifth title with the Bavarians on Sunday and his 19th as a coach.
Bayern are German league champions for the 25th time and, with four games left, captured a third-straight Bundesliga title after Moenchengladbach's win over Wolfsburg on Sunday meant they cannot be caught.
Their 1-0 win at home to Hertha on Saturday was their 53rd win in 64 Bundesliga games with Guardiola as head coach since the 44-year-old took charge in July 2013.
"It is a huge title, the most important and the most honest," Bayern's director of sport Matthias Sammer told Sky.
"It was never a foregone conclusion we'd do it. The coach, his staff and the players have done amazingly well."
Bayern have conceded just 13 league goals so far -- the record is 14 -- and only their nearest rivals, Wolfsburg and Borussia Moenchengladbach, have beaten them in this season's league campaign.
Moreover, Borussia Dortmund, their main rivals in Germany over the last four seasons, were dispatched with a 2-1 win in Munich last November and a 1-0 win away earlier this month.
Having won the Bundesliga, domestic cup, the UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup during his first year in charge, the Champions League and German Cup are Guardiola's next targets.
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