‘This is now a benchmark’
Bayern Munich delivered a message to the rest of the Bundesliga that the treble winners are in superb form, coach Hansi Flick said on Friday following an 8-0 demolition of Schalke 04 in their season opener.
"We have had our first game but we need to take things slowly," Flick told reporters. "We played brilliantly but should have scored two, three, maybe four more goals in the first half.
"But it was important to show that we are on the right track this season as well. I am very satisfied with the performance. This is now a benchmark for both Gnabry and Sane and the whole team."
Bayern started their league campaign with a bang as they scored three times by the 31st minute to kill off the game with stunning pace and deadly finishing.
"It was superb from us. Before the game we wanted this to be a game that would define where we are at this stage and my players did it very well. We wanted to show that we are here again."
Yet Flick was quick to point out that it was just one game in a long and crowded season to come.
"We just had the first game. Let us go slowly here. But it was important to show we are on the right path."
It was a record win for an opening Bundesliga game and came less than a month after Bayern clinched the Champions League.
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