Bayern sweep aside 10-man Leipzig in top-of-the-table clash

Champions Bayern Munich swept aside challengers RB Leipzig 3-0, scoring all their goals in the first half, in a one-sided top-of-the-table Bundesliga clash on Wednesday.

The visitors played for an hour with 10 men after Emil Forsberg was given a straight red card in the 30th minute, but they were already two goals behind by then.

Thiago Alcantara and Xabi Alonso got Bayern off to a flying start with two goals in a seven-minute spell midway through the first half and Robert Lewandowski added a third from a penalty on the stroke of half-time.

The Bavarians moved three points clear of promoted Leipzig, who had previously lost only one game, at the top as the Bundesliga reached its winter break.

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