Kimmich, Guerreiro and Karl capitalise on Castrop red card

Bundesliga leaders have won 13 from 13 in all competitions

Bayern Munich needed more than an hour before breaking the resistance of Borussia Mönchengladbach, to earn a 3-0 victory over opponents who spent more than 75% of the game with 10 men. It was the Bundesliga leaders’ 13th win in 13 matches across all competitions this season.

Joshua Kimmich slotted in after 64 minutes and the substitute Raphaël Guerreiro added another five minutes later before the teenager Lennart Karl, who had scored in their Champions League win over Club Brugge on Wednesday, made it 3-0 in the 81st. Bayern have a maximum 24 points from eight league matches, five ahead of RB Leipzig, 6-0 winners at Augsburg.

Bayern, who set a league record with 30 goals from eight games, almost took the lead after 55 seconds with Harry Kane combining with Nicolas Jackson to send Luis Díaz through, but the Colombian missed the target.